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If your left column is 1.618 times the width of the right column, the width of the two columns together is then 1.618 times the width of the left column. It me

• jamesbritt 16y ago
  "Not sure why one would want to do that, but as a math guy I feel it's my duty to chime in." It's sort of like trying to explain why one would use a I IV V chord progression, or why a major triad sounds good. There are interesting ratios in there, though few people are explicitly calculating them in their heads.
  • defroost 16y ago
    > It's sort of like trying to explain why one would use a I IV V chord progression, or why a major triad sounds good. That's exactly the point. When people hear a chord progression or see a painting where the subject is placed according to certain rules of composition, it evokes a feeling of harmony. Conversely, a photograph with the subject bulls-eyed dead center feels motion-less. It's not wrong, but it can be less interesting, more stagnant.
• Silhouette 16y ago
  I'm a math guy too, so I appreciate the implications. Of course, those implications break as soon as your carefully proportioned columns start having margins/padding. :-)