: Adjusting leading on headers vs. working with a set baseline grid I've been trying to lay out my type on a baseline grid. The head of my department always wants me to add more leading between
I've been trying to lay out my type on a baseline grid. The head of my department always wants me to add more leading between my headings and body copy. I've attached two images to illustrate what I mean. I create the left column but am told to adjust it to look like the right column. Is proper to give more leading to the header in this way? His experience is in web design so I believe his knowledge of typography is lacking.
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I get what the boss is saying. The problem is that the leading of the body copy is too loose. That's why it's hard to read and the entire block of copy is becoming a gray blur.
What you should be doing is setting more space-before on the head, the deck, and the beginning of the paragraph, and keep the leading on everything tighter. I wouldn't worry about the baseline grid for this, but if you're really in love with it, make the spacing a function of the leading. That is, if your leading is (I'm pulling numbers out of the air) 1p, then the spacing should be multiples of 1p (possibly 1p6 or 0p6, those being exactly half the leading).
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