30 Awesome Newspaper Layout Examples & Tips

A newspaper has particularly traits that can be seen from its format (e.g. broadsheet, tabloid, magazine, etc.), from its pagination techniques (use of columns), or of its use of typography (font), and the use of color, all of these factors will ultimately distinguish a market segment of print media, such as middle-to upper, or upper class only, or for a particular reader such as children, adolescents or adults.

Layout in a newspaper has three main functions:

• To sell the news (offer / sell the news)
• To grade the news set the tone (determine the ranking of news)
• To guide the readers (guides the reader to the things that should be read first)

Adjusting the reader’s eye movements makes the layout of a newspaper.

In preparing the layout of a newspaper, it is necessary to have knowledge about the type and color of font or typeface, besides an artistic soul. Because of the size of the font for headlines, long story, and a large color photograph or writing affects the reader's eye. The position of a message, the content and patterns used are all designed to facilitate the reader in scanning. Thus, newspaper layout needs to be adjusted to its target audience.

Awesome Newspaper Layout Examples

The layout designers, which have only one objective, which is about how to make the reader to be comfortable while reading, will carry out various methods and so the reader can quickly capture information to be conveyed in the news or contents. Below are just a few examples of how designers have used awesome layout for their newspaper design project.

1. ISTD 2013 - The Unsung Hero via Jura Afanasjevs





2. Lorem Ipsum via Diana Kettern





3. Doku Daily Newspaper Layout via Erdis Driza





4. NEWWORK MAGAZINE via STUDIO NEWWORK





5. 5 BRGHS Magazine via Esther Li





6. Jornal Mais Oeste via Joana Santos





7. west attica | newspaper via Thodoris Manolopoulos





8. Word On The Street Newspaper & Style Guide via Todd DeRemigis





9. Newspaper Design via Candace Hensarling





10. The New York Times Layouts via Travis Vargas





11. Smoking breaks newspaper via Polina Tyurnikova





12. Thiers Newspaper via Cerise H.





13. Information Hierarchy in Portuguese Weekly Newspapers via Kateryna Mishyna





14. Dreamland Newspaper via Laura Strange





15. Strathclyde Telegraph via Craig Adams





16. You've Seen the Future Before via Adam Drake





17. Café littéraire via CONCEPT MACHINE





18. The Universe Letterbox via Marjory Kho





19. Panther Prints via Trudy Vinson





20. 5 Boros via Kate Allaire





21. Modern Architecture In Film via Sam Lane





22. BOMBARDMENT via Chris Benfield





23. Journal Galerie Vis à Vis via Daphne Aboulker





24. PARIS ÉROTIQUE via Lena Caussimon





25. Also sprach Zarathustra - Editorial Project (Basel) via Tim Roth





26. curriculum via josefine p





27. Already seen via Anneliese Shieff





28. What is Research? Publishing and Narrative via Hope Aylen





29. My Heritage Paper via Elena Lujan





30. Finance Weekend via Mojca Zavolovsek

Newspaper Layout Design

Based on its type, newspaper layout can be divided into seven sections:

#1 Symmetrical layout


Also called foundry / vertical layout, because it looks like a clothesline, the location of the news balanced. Layout of this type usually used to organize the classified ads.

#2 Informal balance layout


This type of layout is widely used by newspapers that want to pursue the perfection of a balance. Black picture would be better if placed on the right top of a page, and it will look 'heavy' if placed in the bottom of the page.

#3 Quadrat layout or rectangular layout


It is best used on newspapers to be sold at retail on the curb, because the newspaper will quadruple, and in a quarter of the visible part will be disclosed news of the most interesting or important.

#4 Brace layout


Highlighting big news, layout like this often uses "Banner Headlines", the long title. Important news is placed to the right of the newspaper, so it binds the reader a view in that direction, then the other titles on the left, and right again.

#5 Circus layout or Carnival layout


Because of the height of the front page, all the headlines can be displayed on the first page, and then it continued on another page. This layout is often used in weekly newspapers.

#6 Horizontal layout


Headlines can be made horizontally, with the contents of the news that is not too long.

#7 Function layout
Depending on the development of the hard news content. When things happen unusually often used the so-called "heads skyline". Weekly newspapers also often use this layout.

Newspaper Layout Tips

Layout should follow the reader's eye habits, which rotates from left to right, advertising or sponsorship should not be placed on the main page. If a newspaper has a color, it should not be too much to use more colors, the editor should be able to learn or pick an artist who understands the meaning of color. Always remember that the written word is not to please the news source, but for the benefit of the readers.

Column forms layout is important for the newspaper, but other than that there is another one that is not less important, the white space. The use of white space is useful to help the reader focus on the main content; white space also separates the elements. Proper use of empty space also helps the reader to enjoy a newspaper page, so that makes the reader feel more comfortable. White space is usually well placed as the distance between the news with advertising.

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