The modular grid is more complex than the column grid as it has a consistent horizontal divisions from top to bottom in addition to the vertical divisions from left to right. These modules govern the placement and cropping of pictures as well as text. This particular grid system was used heavily in the 1950's and the 1960's by a few a Swiss graphic designers. Modular grids are created by positioning horizontal guidelines in relation to a baseline grid that governs the whole document. Baseline grids serve to anchor all or nearly all layout elements to a common rhythm. To
Above is a multicolumn grid which provides flexible formats for publications that have a complex hierarchy pr that integrate text and illustrations. The more columns you create, the more flexible your grids becomes. You can use the grid to articulate the hierarchy of the publication by creating zones for different kinds of content. A text or image can occupy a single column or it can span multiple. Not all the space has to be filled.
Above is the hierarchal grid, which is a more instinctive approach to a grid system as they conform to the information that will exist within the system making them very flexible as the alignments are customised to the various proportions of the different elements within the grid which then makes the column width vary. The most common example of a hierarchal grid is web pages because of the dynamic nature of the information that is displayed on the page. Thus meaning they need flexibility in the width and the depth. This is not included in a traditional modular grid.
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