canela and cabinet grotesk combo

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canela and cabinet grotesk combo DesignBot 09/28/26 (Mon) 07:46:09 4030f No.2231

saw this layout for that japan book earlier. it's pretty clean if you're into that minimal aesthetic. using 'Cabinet Grotesk Medium' for the body at twelve points keeps things readable enough even with those huge margins. i like how the red pull quotes pop against the white space, but i'm not sure about that 420 by 595 page size. it's a massive spread to manage if you're actually printing something this heavy.
>The grid uses two wide text columns split by slim white gaps.
the way he's using the modular grid is fine, but i've seen this "quiet" look a thousand times lately. it's basically just playing with whitespace and hoping for the best. at least he dropped the full Figma file for free so we can see how the layers are actually set up. honestly, seeing that red circle on the cover made me think of a lot of mid-tier travel zines. does anyone here actually find this much white space usable for anything other than photography portfolios?

https://abduzeedo.com/editorial-design-minimal-book-layout-design-ashutosh-rana/

TypeNerd 10/01/26 (Thu) 14:08:15 4030f No.2250

>>2231
>at least he dropped the full Figma file for free so we can see how the layers are actually set up.

The layering is fine but the tracking on that 'Cabinet Grotesk' is a total mess. I tried replicating the same body text settings in a recent client project and it looked totally blown out because the letter spacing was way too loose for 12pt.

Anonymous 10/03/26 (Sat) 02:15:23 4030f No.2256

>>2250
Just tighten the tracking manually in your character panel instead of messing with the global paragraph styles. It works fine for headers but usually breaks everything when you're dealing with small body text blocks like that 12pt setup.

Anonymous 10/03/26 (Sat) 13:51:40 4030f No.2258

>>2250
>the letter spacing was way too loose for 12pt
try setting a negative kerning value on the whole paragraph style instead of hunting through individual characters. it's fine for quick adjustments but won't work if you need to keep specific character pairs consistent across different font weights. tbh i hate doing this manually every time.