New Assignment

Finish everything you have designed so far. And print them to size in in color and bound and this time try printing some samples on fine paper... Your final bound magazine should have these elements:

• cover wrap
• contents spread
• 3 department spreads
• 3 features (opener and jump spreads)
• end spread

Here are a few keynotes to follow through to make sure everything is in place:

1. Make sure your headline, byline and rubrics are working well together and following the same formula throughout your departments. And pay attention to the folio lines, you don't want them to compete with your rubric or any other element on your page. To be on the safe side print layouts to size and see. Same tip goes for the text type. Make sure your text is falling below the hang line in your departments.
2. Make sure your text type is not falling heavily on your pages. If so, one way of solving it is to take the opacity down a little.
3. Every image gets a caption, go through all your images in your magazine and add their captions. Captions are often a variation of the text type--generally a smaller size in bold or italics, or occasionally small caps.
4. Credit lines identify the person responsible for the photographs or illustrations used in your layouts. They always run in the same location on the page or spread. Credit lines often run in small caps or caps lower case at 5 or 6 points. Typeface should be a variation of the text face.
5. Pay attention to the kerning of all the headlines and the logo of the magazine.
6. Think of the cover as a wrap around. Choose an image for your cover wrap that's catchy and clever and that makes sence with your magazine. You may use a few cover lines. Usually your major feature story gets a cover line. Since it's not an actual publication and you don't need to catch the readers attention like the actual magazines do; I say use few lines but with good typographic treatments and show off your design skills.

have fun,
A.