Page makeover: young audiences for Newsweek test requires special design considerations

Article Abstract:

The Newsweek education program, which prepares materials for high school teachers to use along with classroom subscriptions to their magazine, is making their testing materials more visually appealing to students by redesigning the page layout via desktop publishing sources. Design tools include a Macintosh IIx and the Aldus PageMaker and Adobe Illustrator 88 software packages. Fonts include Univers, Univers Condensed font families, and Adobe Helvetica Condensed. Publish! magazine offers page makeovers for company publications. Publish! will select one each month from all submissions. Samples should be sent to Page Makeover, Publish, 501 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94107.

Prepackaged software, Publishing industry, Usage, Teaching, AAPL, ADBE, Education, Computer fonts, Design, Layout, Software Packages, Educational Testing, Font Package, Aldus PageMaker (DTP software), ALDC, Illustrator 88 (Computer graphics software), Apple Macintosh IIX (Microcomputer), Newsweek (Periodical)

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Eight steps to total copy fitness: you can achieve the perfect body of text

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Copyfitting, adjusting type to fit on a page, is crucial in desktop publishing. Eight simple techniques are given to help with copyfitting: shaping up the layout; taking off the extra leading; managing hyphenation; reducing letter spacing; tightening specific letter pairs; managing type size; trimming text; and selecting typeface.

Text processing software, Electronic Publishing Industry, Tutorial

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