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.
Andrew over at Sims4Studio created an awesome tool called The Sims 4 Pose Player that lets you play with over 12,000 animations/poses! To get started, youâll need to enable Script Mods from The Sims 4âs settings. If you havenât enabled Script Mods before, youâll need to restart The Sims 4 after enabling them. Then, download the Pose Player mod from Sims4Studio HERE! (download button can be found on the bottom of the first post). Extract the .zip file in Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Mods.