If your base gutter is 12, the next step might be 18 or 24. You can also employ units with padding as you mentioned. To keep a well organized grid, you can set the type in some kind of container that adheres to the base grid with the type inset by a unit or two or three.
Updated for January 12, 2017 (Toddlers) patch. Pose Player. This is a mod that will add the option to play poses and animations in game. It adds an interaction to your sims called Pose By Name and Pose By Pack. Just click on your sim like you would to do anything else.
Any way you slice it, their paths are not seen as being set in stone quite yet. Then there's Buster Posey. When Posey turns 26 in March, he will have already won two World Series rings. He will have already been a Rookie of the Year recipient and an All-Star Game selection. He will be considered the best at his craft and one of the best overall players in baseball.