Ever think about the behind-the-scenes stuff that happens when putting a book together? It’s not just a Word document that gets sent to a publisher and then gets printed. For starters, the printers never even see a Word document. So, let’s talk about how that’s done.

Your background grid will give your publication continuity and uniformity. If you set it up correctly, your leading (the spacing between two lines of text) will be at the correct distance and your reader will thank you for that.

When laying out books or magazines, there is not one go-to format that you use in designing these. But the one thing that is consistent is the use of grids in the background.