What is Page layout?
[[Image:Zeitschriften.JPG|thumb|300px|[[Consumer]] [[magazine]] sponsored [[advertisement]]s and covers rely heavily on professional page layout skills to compete for visual attention.]] '''Page layout''' is a part of [[typography]] and [[graphic design]]. It deals with the arrangement and [[style]] of elements (content) on a page. == History and development == Page design has long been a consideration in printed material. It began with early [[illuminated manuscript]]s in the hand-copied books of the [[Middle Ages]]. Today, modern magazine and catalogue layouts, (and other print media) consist of [[typography|type]] (text), [[image]]s (pictures), and occasionally place-holder graphics for elements that are not printed with ink such as [[Die (manufacturing)|die]]/[[laser cutting]], [[foil stamping]] or [[Embossing (paper)|blind embossing]]. Since the advent of [[computing]], page layout skills are used on [[electronic media]] as well as print. The [[electronic page]]–the graphical user interface ([[GUI]])–is often where design now takes place.<ref>Gottschall, Edward M. 1989. ''Typographic communications today''. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. and London. {{ISBN|0-262-07114-2}}</ref> A page layout may be designed in a rough paper and pencil sketch before producing, or produced during the design process to the final form. Both design and production may be achieved using hand tools or [[Desktop publishing|page layout software]]. Producing a [[web page]] may require knowledge of [[markup language]]s along with [[WYSIWYG]] [[software]]. Special considerations must be made for how the layout of an [[HTML]] page will change (reflow) when resized by the [[End-user (computer science)|end-user]].<ref>End-user: reader sitting in front of a personal computer or web-linked phone; or, reader with printed material.</ref> [[Cascading style sheet]]s are often required to keep the page layout consistent between [[web browser]]s. == Grids versus templates == [[Grid]]s and [[template]]s are page layout design patterns used in [[a