Exercise 8: Experiment with layouts

Version 1
Experiment with different typefaces and with the use of italics and bold, to produce three different versions of the layout below.

Here's the basic layout with the heading in Arial, Bold, font size 48 pt, centred; Body text is 2 columns, Times New Roman, font size 11 pt, single line spacing; picture on left hand side full length and half width.

Version 2

Here's Version 2 with the heading in Arial, Bold Italics, font size 48 pt, centred over the right hand side ; Body text is one column, Georgia, font size 10 pt, fully justified, single line spacing; again the picture is on left hand side full length and half width.

Version 3

Version 3 has the heading in American Typewriter Bold font size 48 pt, centred over whole page; the body text is American Typewriter font again in size 10 pt, Italics and 2 columns with the picture on the right hand side.  

Version 3 is my favourite layout but for general items in magazines and newspapers /newsletters I prefer to keep to the conventional Arial/Times New Roman set up as it is easier for the reader to follow along the lines.  Too many gimmicks within the typing line makes it difficult to follow and the reader could well lose interest and turn the page.

Interestingly I had a problem inserting images into this post as when I saved the above images as .psd files they wouldn't upload  I had to go back and SaveAs .jpg files for them to be available.  I've had a discussion with my new tutor about file formats, preferring to use .jpgs rather than .psd files as they are not usable other than in Photoshop. My preferred file type if I want to keep the layers is the TIFF format as these are usable anywhere whereas you can only use Photoshop files in Photoshop!