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Newspaper Layouting

To be a layout artist requires knowledge of programs like Adobe InDesign and Photoshop as well as creative and analytical skills. When designing a newspaper layout, there are several key considerations including typeface, white space, photos and illustrations, article length, and using a modular design with basic rectangular shapes. Photos must have clear cutlines and be placed strategically to enhance reader understanding.

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Newspaper Layouting

To be a layout artist requires knowledge of programs like Adobe InDesign and Photoshop as well as creative and analytical skills. When designing a newspaper layout, there are several key considerations including typeface, white space, photos and illustrations, article length, and using a modular design with basic rectangular shapes. Photos must have clear cutlines and be placed strategically to enhance reader understanding.

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What does it take to be a

layout artist?

Knows basic page maker and photo editing


applications (Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop)

Possesses extra creative and analytical mind

Has a critical eye for design

Opens heart for correction, criticism and


growth
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

Typeface and Photos and White Spaces


Typography Illustrations

Article Length Modular


Layout
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

Text is the most important element of publication


design. It communicates the bulk of information on a
page. There are many ways to manipulate text so it is
pleasing to the eye and easy to read.
Typeface and

Sans Serif
Typography
Serif vs
Serif type has tiny strokes at the Sans serif typefaces have no serifs or
tips of each letter. We primarily strokes on the tips of each letter. In modern
use serif type families for the large publications, most editors use sans serif
bodies of text in our stories. typefaces for headlines, cutlines and other
items in a publication where a typeface
needs to contrast with the text of stories.
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

Serif vs Sans Serif


Serif
Defense Information School (Times New Roman)
Typeface and Defense Information School (Book Antiqua)
Typography Defense Information School (Bookman Old Style)

Sans Serif
Defense Information School (Helvetica)
Defense Information School (Century Gothic)
Defense Information School (Trebuchet)
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

Today, readers expect dynamic photos. These photos


entice them into picking up a publication and investing
their time in it. Not only do they attract the attention of
readers, photos help readers comprehend stories. This
Photos and also applies to other types of artwork, such as
Illustrations information graphics, charts and maps.
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

Photos and
Illustrations
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout
Major Considerations for Photos

Cutline - Without any additional information you would be left


wondering the meaning of the photo and what action is taking place.
As we know, pictures themselves tell stories. But cutlines help fill in
the “who, what, where and when.”

Photos and
Illustrations

Two residents sift through the rubble of their house, one of the 18 houses on C.
Padilla St., Barangay Duljo Fatima, Cebu City that were destroyed the night
before by a fire that hit the area on Jan. 5, 2019./Photo by Benjie Talisic
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout
Major Considerations for Photos

Stand-alone Photos - Stand alones are high quality images that tell
a story without an accompanying article. They receive a full cutline, a
small headline called a catchline, and are often boxed to separate
them from other elements on a page.

Photos and
Illustrations
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout
Major Considerations for Photos

Cutline typeface - The typeface used for cutlines depends largely


on the typeface used in the story text. Cutlines should contrast with
any nearby text. To make sure this difference is clear, most
publications use a typeface opposite that of the text.

Photos and
Illustrations
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout
Major Considerations for Photos

Cutline placement - Cutlines can rest below the photos and or


beside the photos. In some publications you may find cutlines that
rest between photos. However, this should be avoided because it
makes readers work too hard. These are called gang cutlines. In
general, each photo should have its own cutline.

Photos and
Illustrations

This cutline rests below the photo. It is probably the most common way to place a
cutline. Notice the cutline is flush with both edges of the photo. It should not extend
past the edges.
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout
Major Considerations for Photos

Cutline placement - Cutlines can rest below the photos and or


beside the photos. In some publications you may find cutlines that
rest between photos. However, this should be avoided because it
makes readers work too hard. These are called gang cutlines. In
general, each photo should have its own cutline.

Some cutlines rest This cutline also rests


Photos and beside photos. in this along side the photo.
Illustrations case, the cutline rests Notice that when you
on the left side of the rest a cutline along the
photo. When this is side of a photo it is not
done, the cutline only flush against the
should be aligned photo but runs flush to
right. That way it is the bottom also. Make
flush with the photo. sure when you rest a
However, ragged left cutline along side a
type can be difficult to photo, the cutline is not
read in large blocks. too narrow. This can
Use this technique also make it difficult to
sparingly. read.
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

White space is the area between design elements. It is also


the space within individual design elements, including the
space between typography glyphs (readable characters).

Despite its name, white space does not need to be white. It


can be any color, texture, pattern, or even a background
image.
White Spaces
White space can cause problems between designers and
clients. Design theory promotes the use of white space for
elegance and ensuring a quality user experience. Sadly,
many clients and managers consider white space wasted
space. They think it could be used to house more information
or other visual elements.
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

White Spaces
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

There are no standards to which an article length adheres.


However, when it comes to making the page still pleasing to
the eye, some articles are being cut and continued to another
page, so as to make room for other elements of the
newspaper.
Article Length
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

By definition, a module is a
unit or a part of a whole. As
applied to page design, it is a
rectangular unit. The four
basic elements that make up
a module include headlines,
Modular text, art and cutlines. By using
Layout basic, rectangular shapes,
pages look neat and orderly.
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

Modular
Layout
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout

Modular
Layout
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout
Two basic shapes of information

U-shape - In the U-shape, a banner headline establishes


the “fence” of the rectangle, while the story itself is wrapped
in a U around the photo. This is a good thing because the
reader’s eye is draw to the photo and then follows the
information from the story in the U around the photo.

Modular
Layout
Basic considerations in
newspaper layout
Two basic shapes of information

L-shape - In the L-
shape, the story
wraps around in an L
(or even reversed)
around the photo.
This is still modular
Modular design, because if
Layout you drew the “fence”
around all the related
items, it is a vertical
rectangle module.

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