How to plan a page [pdf library]
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The document outlines the basic principles of newspaper design, noting that every design starts with an idea and is planned using a "dummy" page layout. It stresses that a dummy is essential for organizing stories, headlines, photos, and other elements before building the actual page in software like Pagemaker or InDesign. Following the dummy allows the designer to effectively translate their ideas into a finished newspaper page.
How to plan a page [pdf library]
- 1. Principles of newspaper design The basics of planning a page
- 2. Every design starts with an idea The idea can come from: Another newspaper or magazine Inside the designer’s head Anywhere
- 3. Every page starts with a dummy A dummy is a blank page with columns on it. The designer sketches on the dummy where the stories, headlines and photos will go.
- 4. A dummy is required! You wouldn’t build a house without a plan. You wouldn’t play a game without planning the plays. You shouldn’t design a page without a dummy.
- 5. A dummy will get you from this: To this:
- 6. You start with a blank dummy.
- 7. Choose 1-3 stories for the page. Make a list of the stories, headlines, photos and other elements for the page.
- 8. Draw in the stories in a module on the page.
- 9. Now open up a new Pagemaker or InDesign document. Place the stories, photos, headlines, etc. on the page by following the dummy.
- 10. You’ve gone from a dummy to a page. Dummy Finished page