Use the same typeface for all heds, but add contrast by trying different sizes, bf, ital, condensed, expanded, varied sizes, etc.Likely choices: serif for body, sans serif or Egyptian (slab serif) for hed. Typeface for headlines must be a different family than for body text. General rule: about 9 to 10 pt for body text, about 2-3 pts leading between each line, serif typefaces are easier to read as body text. Keep a Copy Control Sheet as we did earlier to indicate your placement choices.ĭesign editor (and assistants) considerations: Lay in material so that your publication would be a compelling for people primarily in the late-teens-to-early-20s age group, leaving room for headlines. You don't have to use every story available. Some may be inappropriate for your "news mix," based on your audience as described above. The editors around the "rim" of the table did final editing and headline writing.Įxercise your critical editorial judgment here: choose the stories and photos you think would work best for your section and your readers. The person inside the U, or "slot," edited copy for content and made decisions concerning general placement and headline size. Geezer Note: Journalism-style editors used to sit at a large U-shaped table. This is standard procedure (usually more than two) on real publications. Each story should be read by two different people. You may wish to set up one team member as "slot person" (copy editor), another as "rim person" (headline writer), and a third as "graphics editor" (makeup editor). Be sure to spell check (or spell check in InDesign), and decide which stories you'll want to use based on content. Note: You won't use all of the stories, or photos.ĭownload these photos, save to your folder (see cutlines below):ĥ. Copy the material below to separate Word files, and save into your folder. On your flash/jump drive or desktop (save to your own drive later), set up a New Folder, entitled Broadsheet. (Your advertising staff will put in the ads later.)Ĥ. Taste of India 6X4 (six col by four col in)ĭraw single 1 pt rules to indicate the ads, just as you did for the dummy sheets, and write names and sizes on the blocks in 24 pt type.On the second page of the broadsheet, lay in space for these advertisements: This allows you to measure in column inches.ģ. In Preferences, Units & Increments dialogue box, change vertical ruler to Inches. If you wish, you can add a third page for jumps or other material. Note: You need to fill two broadsheet pages with stories and photos. Be sure you have a broadsheet layout before continuing! (See illustration of page 2, below right). Set up 6-column grid: 6 col, 2 p between each col. Dimensions: 133p by 81p, tall format, facing pages, margins 6p all around. In dialogue box choose Custom, and set up two broadsheet newspaper pages. How to choose and edit stories, and write headlines appropriate to the publication's audience.ġ. How to choose typefaces to make an appropriate and attractive layout. You try to be entertaining, but you are not a promotional tool for the university. You aim for content of interest to that audience. Your newspaper circulates primarily to students and staff at a medium-sized state university, North Snowshoe State, in your town, Gackle, but also circulates regionally, picked up mostly by prospective students, and possibly alumni. Broadsheet computerized pagination exerciseīackground: You (and/or your team) are section editor(s) for a North Dakota weekly broadsheet higher education features section.
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