: What is a flow line in typography? I am reading a short text on typography, which refers to the “flow line” without defining what it is. My dictionary has a non-typographic definition:

@Marchetta832

According to www.vanseodesign.com/web-design/grid-anatomy/ (4th google hit)


Flowlines

Flowlines are horizontal lines that break the space into horizontal
bands. They can be used to help guide the eye across the page and can
be used to impose starting and stopping points for text and images to
be aligned.

When elements are aligned to the top of a flowline it’s called a
hangline as the elements appear to hang from the line.

Type is often aligned to a series of flowlines equally spaced down the
page called baselines. The base of the type sits on the line, hence
the term. Aligning type to a baseline can help establish a vertical
rhythm in a design.


So in short, it's a grid element while the baseline is more of a page element. E.g. every 8th baseline could be a flowline, creating a grid.

And yes, if you follow the link, there is a picture too.

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