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Pt  = point

Pt = point

We use small artboards while the devices we design for are huge. For example:

  • The iPhone XR has a Retina display that has twice as many pixels per inch (ppi) as a regular screen, meaning the artboard is rendered at twice as many pixels.
  • On the iPhone X, the artboard is rendered at 3 times as much, since it has a Super Retina display and 3 times as much ppi.

Designing for the smallest size allows scaling assets into the various sizes the different devices require while maintaining pixel-perfect rendering. 1 pt can be translated into 1,4 or 9 pixels at the @1x, @2x, and @3x sizes.

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Why the 8pt grid

Why the 8pt grid

  • It scales perfectly in all the different screen displays (including android’s @0.75 and @1.5).
  • Apple and Google advise so.
  • It's a good basic unit to work with. 4 and 8 are easily multiplied, are flexible and consistent. 

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Typography

While the font sizes can vary and move away from the 8 multiplication, the line height will not. 

For example, the Paragraph font size can be 15 pixels, but the line height should be a multiplication of 8, so 24px is an acceptable value. 

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Iconography

Iconography

Icons designed on an 8pt based grid will scale perfectly.

If you want to use icons in a different size, one recommendation is to design on a 16 x 16 pixel grid or a 20 x 20 grid. This way, you're covered for any size:16, 20, 24, 32, 40 etc.

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Horizontal Rhythm

The standard Bootstrap grid is a 12 column layout, with a 15px margin on each side of the column, resulting in a 30px gutter between columns plus 15px to the left and right of the grid. 

The entirety of the grid is called Container. A container can be either fluid or responsive in size. A fluid container will always take the whole available width.

  • Customising for a desktop: Each column should be 72px wide, with a gutter of 24px or 32px.
  • Designing for mobile is up to you: Not all mobile devices' width dimension is divisible by 8. 12 columns aren't practical for narrow screens. 

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Vertical Rhythm

Vertical Rhythm

Rows should be 8px tall. 

Maintaining a vertical rhythm when designing for mobile (web or apps) is vital since there isn’t much horizontal rhythm to work with.

A typographic system that is designed based on the 8pt grid will sit wonderfully on an 8pt vertical grid. 

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Start your UI project right

Start your UI project right

... using the extended framework for the 8pt grid: Typography, Icons and Layout.

The 8 point grid is the best go-to grid and can be applied to most digital design projects, especially product design.

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