This is an introduction to students and professionals in print media and design. The book offers guidance on how to produce attractive publications.

Designing for Newspapers and Magazines provides an introduction to print media and design. It offers guidance on how to produce attractive publications and how to tailor them to their target audience with advice on the use of colour, text placement, typography and images. Chris Frost shows how a well designed publication can provide a powerful platform for good journalism. Written by an experienced journalist and newspaper designer, the book details the elements of a good design and provides instruction on how to get the most of computers and computer-aided design. A final section examines a range of different local and national publications,including The Sun, The Mirror and Glamour magazine, and explains the reasoning that underpins their design choices. Coverage includes: How to set up a new publication Planning an edition of a newspaper or magazine Typography and working with text Working with images and technical production Designing pages and how to use colour Design and journalism ethics A glossary of journalistic and design terms

Chapter 1 - function and history of design
Chapter 2 Publication style Technical data
Chapter 3 Production process Printing processes Colour print process
Chapter 4 - pre-planning and copy tasting
Chapter 5 - designing pages Pictures on a page Text Other display type Some dos and don'ts of design
Chapter 6 - master pages, templates and stylesheets
Chapter 7 - Typography Devices to add interest
Chapter 8 - words in type
Chapter 9 - using pictures Cropping pictures Scaling pictures
Chapter 10 - Using colour
Chapter 11 - Publishing ethics
Chapter 12 - design masterclass
Chapter 13 - bibliography and Appendices
Glossary
Websites of interest
Bibliography