Just as Chapter Two introduced you to article design, Chapter Three introduces
you to page design, and once again you can familiarize yourself with the practice
of designing a page by cutting out and experimenting with elements from your
local paper. - First, take several pages from your local paper (ideally, a front page,
a page with jump text, and a page with advertisements) and examine the design
of one of the pages. Has the designer adhered to the principles of good page
design set forth in Chapter Three? If not, consider what he or she might have
done differently.
- Now, cut the different design elements out of the pages you've chosen, chopping
the text into one-inch or so blocks that you can rearrange freely. First,
try putting together text and headlines in a page without art. Can you make
an interesting-looking page? Have you emphasized the most important articles?
For the purposes of this exercise, feel free to box an article, regardless
of its content.
- Now, using your design chunks, follow the flow chart on page 85 to create
a compelling front page. If possible, design one using smaller, uniformly
sized photos, referring to the troubleshooting guide on page 95.
- Now use your design chunks to create an ad-heavy page, referring to the
guidelines on pages 88 and 89.
- Finally, using the sample dummies on pages 36 and 37, dummy an imaginary
double truck on the topic of dairy farming. You should include at least one
large photograph, three smaller ones, a sidebar, and a chart.
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