The Daily Ledger

Front Page

Density Is Authority: The Grid Returns to the Front Page

Six blocks to a screen, every division a rule of ink. Editors rediscover what compositors knew: importance is a headline size, and breathing room is a line, not a gap.

By A. TYPESETTER — LONDON

World

Twelve Columns, One Gutter Treaty

Delegates agreed the lead takes seven and the sidebar five.

Opinion

Against the Rounded Corner

A right angle never apologized, and neither should a layout.

Culture

One Red, Well Spent

Restraint, critics write, is the loudest color on the page.