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