156 | thinking with type
supplement au livre
de l’antiquitè (left) Book
page, Paris, 1724. The two-
column grid devised for this
bilingual book provides a large,
single-column block for the
French text, with two columns
below for the Latin. The
quotation marks serve as a
frame along the left edge of the
quoted passage.the illustrated london
news (right) Newspaper
page, 1861. Early newspaper
advertisements were designed
by the paper’s printer, not
supplied by the client or an
advertising agency. This dense
field of entries occupies a four-
column grid, with ruled lines to
create order.the imperial family bible
(next spread) Book, 1854.
In this unusual book structure,
the notes appear in the center
of the page rather than along
the bottom or the edges. The
margin has moved from outside
to inside.two columns, two languages