Editors: Your challenge is to design a center spread with the theme of superheroes by the end of class on Tuesday. Your center spread should include: a main story (with a headline and a deck), a sidebar (accompanying story in a box or with a different color background), and a dominant visual element (photo or graphic). Below are some notes from the InDesign workshop I took this summer.
Design Principles
Proximity: group related items together (like an outline)
Alignment: every element should have a visual connection
Repetition: develops organization, strengthens unity
Contrast: adds visual interest
Proximity
Squint and see how many times your eye stops.
Follow a modular format.
Create packages with a dominant element ( big photo, big headline)
Alignment
Creates a clean look.
Everything should line up evenly.
Left justify: the last word is flush left.
First line indent: no tabs in InDesign.
Headlines, decks and captions are flush left
every story should have a deck (in a different font) except briefs.
Repetition
Pick 3-5 fonts and stick with them.
This creates consistency.
Palatino for headlines, Palatino italics for decks.
Avoid Times New Roman and Helvetica.
Avoid repeating elements so much that they annoy.
Contrast
To be effective, it must be strong.
Type size, font, colors.
Make headline sizes at least 4 points apart.
Don't make everything the same size or shape.
Web resources
Newseum.org
Newspagedesigner.org
Timharrower.com (sample page PDFs)
Collegefrontpage.com
Lynda.com has software training.
YouTube and Adobe have free tutorials.
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