In India, publishing and printing are burgeoning in terms of languages, circulation, complexity, and quality. Print products on paper continue to increase in spite of television, video, and computers. In industries today where technology plays an important role, precision is in the lead. In a publication design, the placement of the various components that constitute the design and giving importance to the right elements are important.

Grid forms the foundation of these varied publication designs, giving them structure and form. Grid can be defined broadly as the systematic division of space to incorporate the various elements of a design layout. If the grid is used with skill and sensitivity, it can lead to the production of handsome and effective pages, and it can give the overall design a sense of cohesion and continuity that has a distinctively unifying effect.

In this project, an attempt has been made to analyse a few Marathi magazines of various natures, dealing with different subjects, to study the kinds of grids used and the stylesheet followed in these regional magazines. An analysis has been made, and some points have been noted as to the methodology followed in planning the grids for these magazines.

The second part of this project deals with designing grids for E4-sized pages. An attempt has been made to convert a few of the existing magazines into this Ed-size grid to see its capabilities. Looking forward to various modes of technology, the grid has been designed with the help of computers (Apple Macintosh and PageMaker). It has been seen that a great deal of paper wastage occurs in obtaining the ad size pages as the Indian paper sizes differ from the international paper sizes. Therefore, with the use of resized paper and the resulting size adjustments, great damage is caused. Therefore, publishers today use the existing A4 size grid for the sizes obtained without paying much heed to the damage done.