Broken Grid
Breaks only register where the grid was strict. Each bespoke placement is also a rule somebody has to keep true at four widths.
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A break needs a grid
Overlap and offset only read as deliberate against something regular. Without the regularity underneath, a broken grid is indistinguishable from no grid.
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The full-bleed habit
Edge-to-edge became the default weight for every band, which flattens the page it was supposed to dramatise.
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Asymmetry costs maintenance
Every bespoke placement is a rule somebody has to keep true at four breakpoints.