PageLayoutBy Ericson S. Sabacan, Ed.D.ES-I, ICT12 October 2009Talavera, Nueva Ecija

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• page outlining

• designing newspaper

• arranging articles and cuts

• experimenting to create pattern

description

• to give an orderly and attractive appearance

• to grade the news/articles

• to make an own identity/personality

• to get the interest of the readers

purposes

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• headline

• article or text

• pictures or cuts

• objects or clip arts

things

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principles

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• proportion

• unity

• balance

• emphasis

• contrast

principles

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• tombstoning

• bad breaks

• sea of gray

• screaming headlines

• mismatch

problems

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Symbols Used in Preparing a Dummy Sheet

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• Balance

• Brace or Focus

• Broken Column

• Occult Balance

• Streamline (Modern)

• Jazz Makeup

types of makeup by way

of articles

Layout

balanceLa

yout brace

broken column

Layout occult

streamlinedLa

yout jazz journal

• The X Format

• Curve Format

• L Format

• J Format

• Umbrella Format

formats by way of photos

Layout

X formatLa

yout curve format

L formatLa

yout J format

Layout umbrella format

Gro

up

Conte

st• Elementary

Bracket A 9” x 12” with at least 8 pages

standard printed newsletter

Bracket B 8 ½ x 13” with at least 8 pages

mimeographed/computerized

• Secondary

Bracket A 12 x 18” standard printed at least 14

but not more that 20 pages

in circulation for at least 5 years

broadsheet or tabloid

Bracket B standard printed broadsheet

or tabloid with 8-12 pages

Arranging Articles

• Put the headline news in the upper right corner, below is the second leading news.

• Separate news or articles with the same length.

• Avoid arranging news in ladder style.

• If possible, do not cut stories.

• Don’t make the page top heavy.

articles

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g

• Do not place jump stories at the top.

• Do not jump stories backward.

• If possible, jump stories should be one inch in length and in two columns.

• Avoid widow word at the end of the story.

• Boxed stories should not be jumped.Arr

angin

g

articles

Arranging Headlines

• headline banner

• deck (second headline below the banner)

• streamer (one whole page)

• umbrella (headline above the nameplate)

• subhead (short headline inside the news)

• kicker (bold words or phrase in caption)

• Boxed headline

• headline of jump story

types

Headlin

es

• flush left or right

• dropline or step form

• hanging indention

• inverted pyramid

• crossline or barline

• Flushline or fullline

form and style

Headlin

es

Sibol nanguna sa paligsahan

Sibol nanguna sa paligsahan

Pangulong patnugot ng ‘Sibol’ nahalal na pinuno ng SPPNE

8 manunulat ng Sibol ‘wagi sa NSPC

Pahayagan ng NE, ‘wagi sa NSPC

format

5 pahayagang Filipino humakot ng parangal

Headlin

es

• Avoid using too many headlines with the same length, style and height.

• Do not use short headline in long stories.

• Avoid tombstoning or bumping heads.

• Avoid screaming headlines.

• Write in downstyle form.

• Avoid fat and/or thin heads.

• Placing small heads on rather than long story.

guidelines

Headlin

es

Arranging Cuts

• Avoid tombstoning and bumping objects.

• Place big pictures in the upper page.

• Related articles and cuts must be together.

• Avoid facing out pictures.

• Avoid pictures crossing other columns.

• If possible, do not put pictures in the folded line. Be careful in the eyes and elbows.

• In case of sea of gray, use fillers.

guidelines

Cuts

• Captions should be at least one centimeter in height.

• Do not enclosed picture with line.

• Do not cut pictures of person in the elbow and knee area.

• Do not put line above the picture.

• Put surname of picture of person.

• Do not use staple wire in pasting picture.

Cuts

guidelines

Typography

Times New Roman

Arial

Century Gothic

Monotype Corsiva

Comic Sans MS

ARIAL NARROW

common type

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(Roman) Times New Roman

(Italics) Garamond

(Gothic) TW CEN MT

(Cursive) Murphy Script

(Bold) Arial Black

(Text Letter) Old English Text

font format

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y

Multo sa Balite

Bata, Batuta!

Enteng Kabisote

Kasalan ng Taon

Ang Typewriter

Batas Militar

appropriateness

Typogra

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y

• 2 font rule in newspage

• Use appropriate font style

• Maintain or make font consistent

• Do not over-emphasize headlines, example, bold headline with underline

• Kickers are usually in bold format

• Avoid all caps headline

• Usually headlines are in 14 font size and articles or text are in 12 font size

rulings

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Suggested Contents per Page

• Frontpage

• Newspage

• Opinion Page

• Feature Page

• Sports Page

contents

The

Pages

• box

• logo

• name of the paper

• name of school and address

• date

• volume and Issue No.

• identity

contents

Nam

epla

te

• nameplate

• ear

• table o contents

• headline banner

• by line

• main lead

• headline news/pictures

• other news/pictures

• umbrella

• caption

contents

Frontp

ag

e

BAHAGI NG FRONTPAGE

• nameplate• tainga• talaan ng nilalaman• pangunahing ulo ng balita • may akda• pamatnubay• pangunahing balita• pangunahing larawan • iba pang balita• kapsyon• kicker o markang linya• oberlayn o pamagat sa ibabaw ng larawan o pamagat

• Folio

• other news

• campus news, students, school officials

• national, regional, provincial, local news

• community-science development page

• Other type of news

follow-up, research and interview news, future news, developmental news)

• Investigative Journalism

investigative, in-depth and exclusive

contents

New

spage

• folio

• flag (small name of the newspaper)

• masthead or editorial board

• editorial

• cditorial cartoon

• column of the editor-in-chief

• letter to the editor

• exchange views

• invited opinion

• other columnsOpin

ion P

age

contents

• folio

• short essay

• current events and issues

• unique story

• cut or pictures

• Articles on different discipline

• personality sketch or success story

• trivia, comics, puzzle, fun page

• literary page (poem, short story)Featu

re P

age

contents

• sports nameplate

• headline sports banner

• other sports news

• score board

• action picture

• sports feature, editorial and column

• sports trivia

• exchange sports views

• sports commentary

contents

Sport

s Page

Tips in Making a Winning Campus Paperthe ericson’s way

• attractive nameplate

• headline banner is about students

• interesting main lead

• complete, variety of news

• 3:5 or 2:3 number of cuts:news

• colored and glossy

• with numerous pages

• student centered news articles

• student accomplishments

the ericson’s way

Frontp

age

• Credible, dignified and formal

• Commentary editorial with news peg

• With commentary columns

• With heart despite of its disposition

• Complete and variety of articles

• Appropriate editorial cartoon

• In-depth and critical children’s views

• With numerous pages

• Masculine font types

the ericson’s way

Edit

ori

al

Page

• Creative and artistic layout

• Complete and variety

• Numerous pages

• Entertainment page

• With variety of font style

• With drawings of students

• With children or youth page

• Feminine page, font or style

• Wider columns

the ericson’s way

Featu

re P

age

• With sports nameplate

• Lively (action, speed and color)

• Complete and variety of sports news

• Numerous pages

• Modern layout

• With tally score

• With sports editorial, columns, features, trivia, exchange and special reports

the ericson’s way

Sport

s Page

• Colored

• Glossy

• Conventional Layout

• Numerous pages

• Variety of articles

• Clean and neat

• Strong and with credibility

• Unique stories

the ericson’s way

The

Paper