Principles+of+Layout

Layout can be a big challenge. Some advice to guide you:

** International Style Standard **

**Dates**: May 22, 1993

**Times**: 2:45 a.m.

**Abbreviations**: U.S., U.K.

**For numbers less than 10**, write them out in letters (e.g. five and ninth)

**For numbers more than 10,** use the numerical form (45, 25th)


 * When in doubt, check Writer’s Inc., or the Style Manual book. You can also check the New York Times and see what they do. **

**Font for article text:** Georgia, 10pt **Font for by-line**: Myriad, 14pt **Photo Credits:** Georgia, 9pt **Captions and Editor’s Notes**: Georgia, 8pt

**Joint articles:** Sanskriti Mehta (12) & Momo Miyazaki (12) (Alphabetically by last name with grade levels) **Photo Credits:** Photo by P. Johnson (12) **Illustration Credits:** Illustration by T. Wilson (11) **Currency**: written in the form of "JPY" or "USD" not yen or dollar (unless in a quote)

= = =Momo's share of wisdom!! =

A reader's eye flows from the top of the page -> right side -> bottom -> back to top through the left. Therefore a layout editor must place the most important feature on the page accordingly.

Every page starts with a dummy. -A dummy is a blank page with 5 columns, much alike to the finished newspaper layout. -A layout editor will sketch on the dummy to plan where the stories, headlines and photos will go. -A dummy is always required! Start on paper, using a pencil and a ruler, and after you are pleased with your plan, go ahead and duplicate the image on the computer, using softwares such as Photoshop, Illustrator, or any other image software. -Think of the compatibility of the stories on a page: ask yourself "does the article match the section?" "does this article go with the others in the page?"
 * PLANNING A PAGE**

Don't be afraid to make "ambitious" layout moves...
 * Jumps**: An article split over two pages, most commonly between the bottom of the cover page, continued on to the second page or the top of the third page. Useful to fill in the small spaces that are too tight for a full article but is too valuable to waste with a filler image.


 * Quote Box:** Take out a quote from a feature story, preferably one that would invite the readers into actually reading the article, and write it onto a framed textbox with an applied text wrap over the article text space. Effective when article is a little short for the space to fill the space through text wrap, and to also collect focus on the feature story.