Newspaper Page Design - Basics

Page Design
by Ravi Hegde
A Karnataka Media Academy Workshop
For Rural Kannada Newspapers
13-8-2009 – Thursday
Kolar

Which is the Good Face?1. Design is the face of Content.2. Design should not be less or more.3. Design should be apt.

How Do You Start Designing?
Which one is first?
A. Site Plan
B. Home Plan
Plan your design to match Newspaper size

Different Newspaper Sizes
Broadsheet
Slim
Berliner
Tabloid

What is the purpose?
Office?
Residence!
Daily / Eveninger
Magazine
Weekly
Plan your design to match the purpose

Daily & Magazine

Whom are you designing for?
Young, Women, Kids,
Conservative, Metro etc…
Plan your design to match the target reader

Colour Choice
Understand reader’s choice
Use few colours on single page
Use colours which you can print

DESIGN ELEMENTS

Text Elements - FONTS
Body Font – 1 type
Heading Fonts – 2 or 3 maximum
Caption Fonts – 1 type
Serif and San-Serif Fonts

Picture Elements
Resolution
Crop
Size
Grains / Dots
Colour, Brightness & Contrast
Caption
Photo Heading
Byline, Internet Copyrights

Grid Elements
Column & Gutter

Grid Elements
Text Inset

Navigation Elements
Panel | Turn Page | Sections
Trivia : Mast-head not Master-head

DesignMoods

Leisure V/s Busy Designs

Balancing Act
1. BALANCE
2. CONTRAST
3. RHYTHM
4. UNITY
5. HARMONY

TOP HALF
Love @ First Site

START COPYING!
How to start DESIGNING?
How to practice DESIGN?

Thank You
Any Questions?
www.RaviHegde.com

by Ravi Hegde on Aug 19, 2009