Grid Background

Grid with any sized or any color for body
What is Grid Background?
Grid Background is a Chrome extension that allows you to add a customizable grid with any size or color to the body of web pages. It helps improve the design by maintaining vertical rhythm and consistent spacing between elements on a page.

Extension stats

Users: 37 ▲ 4
Version: 0.0.1 (Last updated: 2022-07-05)
Creation date: 2022-07-04
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 17.96K

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Extension summary

Why is Vertical Rhythm an Important Typography Practice?

You probably heard of the term Vertical Rhythm if you researched a little about typography on the web. It’s one of the most important practices when working with typography. I’ve used Vertical Rhythm on all my sites ever since I read about it.

One day, it struck me that I haven’t had a clue why vertical rhythm was important. Two more questions quickly arose following that thought: “How does Vertical Rhythm improve the design of the site? What lessons can I draw from Vertical Rhythm so I can improve my design?”

I decided to find out why. Here are my thoughts.

Let’s begin the article with some context so we’re on the same page.

What is Vertical Rhythm? Vertical Rhythm is a concept that originated from print typography (I think). In Vertical Rhythm, we try to keep vertical spaces between elements on a page consistent with each other.

This is often done with the help of a baseline – A common denominator used to create the consistent spaces.

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Grid Background does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Grid Background is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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