
- 190 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Designing for Newspapers and Magazines
About this book
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
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Yes, you can access Designing for Newspapers and Magazines by Chris Frost in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Journalism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Designing for Newspapers and Magazines
- Media Skills
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The history and function of design
- 3 Publication style
- 4 Production processes
- 5 Pre-planning and copy tasting
- 6 Designing pages
- 7 Master pages, templates and style sheets
- 8 Typography
- 9 Words in type
- 10 Using pictures
- 11 Using colour
- 12 Publishing ethics
- 13 Design masterclass
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index