ABSTRACT

A hugely beneficial introduction to students and professionals in print media and design, Designing for Newspapers and Magazines offers guidance on how to produce attractive publications and how to tailor them to their target audience using colour, text placement, typography and images.

Written by an experienced journalist and designer, the book details the elements of good design and provides instruction on how to get the most of computers and computer-aided design.

The book examines a broad range of local and national publications including The Sun, The Daily Mirror and Glamour magazine and explains the reasoning that underpins their design choice, including:

  • how to set up a new publication
  • planning an edition of a newspaper or magazine
  • typography and working with text
  • working with images and technical production
  • designing pages and how to use colour
  • design and journalism ethics
  • a glossary of journalistic and design terms

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|7 pages

The history and function of design

chapter 3|11 pages

Publication style

chapter 4|21 pages

Production processes

chapter 5|9 pages

Pre-planning and copy tasting

chapter 6|26 pages

Designing pages

chapter 7|4 pages

Master pages, templates and style sheets

chapter 8|23 pages

Typography

chapter 9|12 pages

Words in type

chapter 10|19 pages

Using pictures

chapter 11|8 pages

Using colour

chapter 12|15 pages

Publishing ethics

chapter 13|18 pages

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