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High-quality PDF Version of the manual (NASA Graphics Standards Manual) if anyone is interested (legally distributed by NASA): https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u

High-quality PDF Version of the manual (NASA Graphics Standards Manual) if anyone is interested (legally distributed by NASA): https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nasa_graphics_manual_nhb_1430-2_jan_1976.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nasa_graphic... Never was the type of person to spend $90 on a look-book/coffee-table book, but bless those who make things like this possible I guess \-_-/

serialNumber 2y ago
bless you as well for linking this !
bbor 2y ago
A) thank you so much! B) used bookstores sell coffee table books for dirt cheap sometimes, check it out if your taste is more flexible C) wow page 11 bothers me. Why, why, why… the grid is there for a reason!! Just make it line up with the grid, oh my god EDIT: page 39 is also a really neat tip, for anyone writing a book. TL;DR: format your cover as a variation of your content pages. Might apply to websites and their splash pages, too! Certainly stands in contrast to the current SOP for SV startup splash pages
- gdubs 2y ago
  Re: grid: Rules are meant to be broken :) Visual weight sometimes dictates a slightly less than perfect alignment.
  - _2 2y ago
    While photographing I was trying to get an image perfectly aligned, but couldn't get it done. A friend, who was with me, said his best image was unaligned intended, because it would look just not aligned, even when it was. Since then I don't care anymore if the image is not perfectly aligned, but looks like it is, to the eye. Thank you for bringing back this memory with your comment!
- davidivadavid 2y ago
  Aligning fonts on a grid in the way you're suggesting is a common beginner mistake in typography. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overshoot_(typography) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overshoot_(typography)
- pc86 2y ago
  The paragraphs at the top of page 11 explain why the grid is there.
- _wire_ 2y ago
  > C) wow page 11 bothers me. Why, why, why… the grid is there for a reason!! Just make it line up with the grid, oh my god Make what line up? LOL! I'm sympathetic to the outrage, but happy to note that measuring the world should never cross over to wishing the world fits a unit measurement. The grid is a ruler, not a form-factor. The ruler's unit is 1/3 of the stroke width, as explained in the caption on pg. 11. Why the stroke width? Presumably because it's a constant for the logotype. From the stroke you can build the grid and describe all the other dimensions. You could choose any multiple for the stroke. So why 3? Zero-one-infinity = 3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_one_infinity_rule https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_one_infinity_rule (I'm being glib) Because it looks right. Because 0 is not enough. 1 just begs for a sub-unit. 2 is merely twice 1. More than 3 is gratuitous. "Three is the number thou shalt count and the number of the count shall be three..." Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk
akira2501 2y ago
> legally distributed by NASA They're a public agency. Anyone is entitled to "legally" distribute this material.
- ASalazarMX 2y ago
  A few famous whistleblowers might want to disagree with you :P
  - ted_dunning 2y ago
    Non-classified information produced by the US government is placed into the public domain automatically. Presumably, since it is a work-product of the US government, classified information is also technically in the public domain, but is protected by mechanisms other than claiming copyright.

serialNumber 2y ago

bless you as well for linking this !

bbor 2y ago

A) thank you so much! B) used bookstores sell coffee table books for dirt cheap sometimes, check it out if your taste is more flexible C) wow page 11 bothers me. Why, why, why… the grid is there for a reason!! Just make it line up with the grid, oh my god EDIT: page 39 is also a really neat tip, for anyone writing a book. TL;DR: format your cover as a variation of your content pages. Might apply to websites and their splash pages, too! Certainly stands in contrast to the current SOP for SV startup splash pages

gdubs 2y ago
Re: grid: Rules are meant to be broken :) Visual weight sometimes dictates a slightly less than perfect alignment.
- _2 2y ago
  While photographing I was trying to get an image perfectly aligned, but couldn't get it done. A friend, who was with me, said his best image was unaligned intended, because it would look just not aligned, even when it was. Since then I don't care anymore if the image is not perfectly aligned, but looks like it is, to the eye. Thank you for bringing back this memory with your comment!
davidivadavid 2y ago
Aligning fonts on a grid in the way you're suggesting is a common beginner mistake in typography. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overshoot_(typography) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overshoot_(typography)
pc86 2y ago
The paragraphs at the top of page 11 explain why the grid is there.
_wire_ 2y ago
> C) wow page 11 bothers me. Why, why, why… the grid is there for a reason!! Just make it line up with the grid, oh my god Make what line up? LOL! I'm sympathetic to the outrage, but happy to note that measuring the world should never cross over to wishing the world fits a unit measurement. The grid is a ruler, not a form-factor. The ruler's unit is 1/3 of the stroke width, as explained in the caption on pg. 11. Why the stroke width? Presumably because it's a constant for the logotype. From the stroke you can build the grid and describe all the other dimensions. You could choose any multiple for the stroke. So why 3? Zero-one-infinity = 3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_one_infinity_rule https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_one_infinity_rule (I'm being glib) Because it looks right. Because 0 is not enough. 1 just begs for a sub-unit. 2 is merely twice 1. More than 3 is gratuitous. "Three is the number thou shalt count and the number of the count shall be three..." Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk

akira2501 2y ago

> legally distributed by NASA They're a public agency. Anyone is entitled to "legally" distribute this material.

ASalazarMX 2y ago
A few famous whistleblowers might want to disagree with you :P
- ted_dunning 2y ago
  Non-classified information produced by the US government is placed into the public domain automatically. Presumably, since it is a work-product of the US government, classified information is also technically in the public domain, but is protected by mechanisms other than claiming copyright.