Designing for Newspapers and Magazines

by Frost; Chris

• ISBN13: 9780415290272
• ISBN10: 0415290279
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-10-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Designing For Newspapers and Magazinesexamines how newspapers and magazines are produced. It offers guidance on how to produce attractive publications and how to tailor them to their target audience by advising them on the use of color, text placement, typography and images. Designing for Newspapers and Magazinesshows how a well- designed publication can provide a powerful platform for good journalism. Written by an experienced journalist and newspaper designer, the book details the elements of a good design and provides instruction on how to get the most out of computers and computer-aided design. A final section examines a range of different local and national publications and explains the reasoning that underpins their design choices. Designing for Newspapers and Magazinesincludes: 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 howto use color; design and journalism ethics, and a glossary of journalistic and design terms.

Author Biography

Christ Frost is head of journalism at Liverpool John Moores University.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vi
1 Introduction	1	(4)
2 The history and function of design	5	(7)
3 Publication style	12	(11)
4 Production processes	23	(20)
5 Pre-planning and copy tasting	43	(9)
6 Designing pages	52	(26)
7 Master pages, templates and style sheets	78	(4)
8 Typography	82	(21)
9 Words in type	103	(12)
10 Using pictures	115	(18)
11 Using colour	133	(8)
12 Publishing ethics	141	(14)
13 Design masterclass	155	(20)
Glossary	175	(3)
Website of interest	178	(1)
Bibliography	179	(2)
Index	181