DESIGN AND LAY-OUT OF A NEWSPAPER(FIFTH OF FIVE PARTS)Ma. Jezia P. Talavera

BA Linguistics

University of the Philippines Diliman

TERMINOLOGIES

BODY TEXT – main text on the page CAPTION – describes an image COPY – any words or pictures that go into the

magazine CROP – cutting pictures to make them fit or look

better CUT OUT – a picture with the background (or part of

it) removed to allow it to fit over another picture or allow text to be wrapped close to the subject DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD – facing pages where the

type fills both pages running over the centre gutter

TERMINOLOGIES DROP CAPITAL – emphasising the first letter of the

first word in the first paragraph DROP SHADOW – a shadow drawn on type or a

picture to make it appear as though it is raised off the page DUMMY – mock-up of a newspaper showing on which

page the adverts are to go and slowing decisions on story placement ENTRY POINT – the starting point on a page for the

reader FEATURE BOX – highlights further information FILLERS – small pieces of copy that fill in holes in

the magazine HEADERS AND FOOTERS – extra information at

the top and bottom of each page

TERMINOLOGIES

HEADLINE – the title of the feature or page INTRO – the starting paragraph of a story LAY OUT – the page design sent to the printer LEAD – the main story on the page LEADER – the Editorial comment LOGO – identifies the magazine PHOTO CREDIT – identifies the photographer

TERMINOLOGIES PUFF – an advert, often on the front page, telling

about material inside the publication PULL-OUT QUOTE – some text copied from the

article and pasted in a box or in bold type that makes you want to read the page REVERSED-OUT TEXT – white type on a coloured or

black background SPREAD – two pages together STRAPLINE – a heading placed over another one STREAMER – a long heading that typically covers

the full page width SUBHEAD – a word or phrase that breaks up large

amounts of text

REFERENCES

Wilson, J. (2013). The Design and Lay-out of Newspapers and Magazines. Retrieved August 18, 2014 from http://www.journalism-now.co.uk/design-layout-newspapers-magazines/