Digital content design system using baseline units to control arrangement and sizing of digital content
Digital content design system techniques are described using baseline units to control arrangement and sizing of digital content. In one example, a digital content design system receives a user input specifying a number of baselines to be included within an available display area of a page. Baselines are used to align digital content to control arrangement of the digital content within the page, e.g., text. From this, the digital content design system then calculates a baseline unit from a distance used to space adjacent baselines of the number of baselines from each other. This baseline unit is then leveraged by the system as a fundamental unit of measure to control arrangement and/or sizing of digital content in relation to each other.
1. In a digital content design creation environment, a method implemented by at least one computing device, the method comprising:
calculating, by the at least one computing device, a baseline unit as a unit of measure, the baseline unit defined as a distance used to space adjacent baselines of a number of baselines within a defined region for a page in a user interface;
displaying, by the at least one computing device, an indication of a display characteristic and an option to set an amount of the display characteristic in the user interface, the option indicating in the user interface that the baseline unit is the unit of measure to set the amount;
receiving, by the at least one computing device, a user input specifying the amount using the baseline unit as the unit of measure; and
controlling, by the at least one computing device automatically and without user intervention responsive to the user input, the amount of the display characteristic for digital content in the user interface using the baseline unit as the unit of measure.
2. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the defined region is included within specified margins for the page or defined using a start at value.
3. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the number of baselines is distributed evenly, one to another, over the defined region along a defined axis in the user interface.
4. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the display characteristic is a font size of the digital content.
5. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the display characteristic is spacing before or after the digital content on a respective said baseline.
6. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the display characteristic is an amount of indent of the digital content.
7. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the display characteristic includes spacing of a document grid.
8. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the display characteristic includes spacing of a ruler guide.
9. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the display characteristic includes a margin of the page.
10. In a digital content design creation environment, a system comprising:
a baseline generation module implemented at least partially in hardware of at least one computing device to generate a number of baselines based at least in part on an available display area for a page in a user interface;
a baseline unit calculation module implemented at least partially in hardware of the at least one computing device to calculate a baseline unit as a unit of measure, the baseline unit specified as a distance defined by an amount of separation between two of the baselines generated for the page that are adjacent, one to another; and
a content display control module implemented at least partially in hardware of the at least one computing device to display an option to set an amount of a display characteristic using the baseline unit as the unit of measure.
11. The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the display characteristic is a font size of the digital content.
12. The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the display characteristic is spacing before or after the digital content on a respective said baseline.
13. The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the display characteristic is an amount of indent of the digital content.
14. The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the display characteristic includes spacing of a document grid.
15. The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the display characteristic includes spacing of a ruler guide.
16. The system as described in claim 10 , wherein the display characteristic includes a margin that is disposed outside the available display area within the page.
17. In a digital content design creation environment, a system comprising:
means for generating a number of baselines based at least in part on an available display area for a page in a user interface;
means for calculating a baseline unit implemented at least partially in hardware of the at least one computing device to calculate a baseline unit based on a distance defined by an amount of separation between two of the baselines generated for the page that are adjacent, one to another;
means for displaying an indication of a display characteristic and an option in a user interface, the option displayable as indicating that the baseline unit is set as the unit of measure to set an amount of the display characteristic responsive to a user input; and
means for controlling the amount of a display characteristic of digital content within the page responsive to the user input in which the amount is set using the baseline unit as the unit of measure.
18. The system as described in claim 17 , wherein the display characteristic is a font size of the digital content.
19. The system as described in claim 17 , wherein the display characteristic is spacing before or after the digital content on a respective said baseline.
20. The system as described in claim 17 , wherein the display characteristic is an amount of indent of the digital content.