I've been trying to set up some groundwork for setting up future sites on a
baseline grid. We starting setting to a 18px baseline, with a 12px body
type.

Problems we ran into initially dealt with lists, where we weren't satisfied
with a full line of leading between list items, but we also didn't want to
set it solid, with no spacing.  Since we didn't know the amount of list
items, we couldnt simply go off the grid temporarily, then adjust the ul/ol
to get back on the grid.

What my coworker eventually suggested was designing the site to a subdivided
baseline of 6px, so for normal body type, 3 baseline heights would equal
18px, the desired leading.  A list item also takes up 18px, with 1 baseline
(6px) between.  So regardless of the amount of items, when the list is done,
you're still back on your next 6px line.

I'm having trouble getting my head around this whether or not this is a
valid method or not.  Obviously you could set a grid infinitely small, then
everything is 'on the grid', hooray!

Any thoughts/criticisms are greatly appreciated, or if you have any other
solutions.
Thanks
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