Mr. Noel S. OrtegaSchool Paper Adviser

The Central Point/CentreglipiksCarmona Elementary School

Layout is the arrangement of the display elements on a printed page: nameplate, headlines, body texts, illustrations, photos, white spaces and rule or column lines

Layout is referred to as make-up, design, dummy, and plan.

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The personality of a newspaper is its make-up. By all means, a newspaper should be carefully laid out for the following reasons:1. to

introduce the publication to the readers

2. to attract the readers and lead them to read the contents

3. to give the paper distinct personality

4. to show the relative importance of news and feature materials

5. to win in the contest.

Elements in the School Paper Layout

1.Types – for heads, kickers, blurbs and texts

Elements in the School Paper Layout

2. Illustrations – consisting of photos, drawings, graphs and charts

Elements in the School Paper Layout3. Color – either black and white, four colors or any

number of special colors or using percentage of colors.

Elements in the School Paper Layout

4. Lines – borders, boxes or simple straight line to create effects.

Elements in the School Paper Layout5. Style – symbols, asterisk, dingbats, etc.

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Malipay Elem. School, Bacoor II

Gawaran Elem. School, Bacoor II

Maitim Elem. School, Amadeo

Adlas Elem. School, Silang I

Sta. Cristina Elem. School, Dasmariñas II

Sultan Esmael Elem. School, Dasmariñas II

Aniban Central School, Bacoor II

Potol-Sta. Isabel Elem. School, Kawit

St. Aloysius Academy of Dasmariñas

Salawag Elementary School, Dasmariñas I

Zapote Elem. School, Bacoor II

Jesus Good Shepherd School, Imus

Dasmariñas National High School, Main

Cavite Science High School, Maragondon

Alfonso National High School

Emiliano Tria Tirona Memorial National High School, Kawit

Saint Augustine School, Tanza

Woodridge College, Bacoor

Amaya School of Home industries, Tanza

Del Pilar Academy, Imus

New Era Natl. High SchoolDasmariñas

Principles of effective layout1. Harmony and Unity – to create an overall effect of coherence and

order (arrangement of texts/photos/types of headline). The content of every page and of every double page should blend into a harmonious unit. No one part of the page should overshadow another.

Principles of effective layout2. Balance – sense of equilibrium (symmetry in texts,

photos, graphics in horizontal or vertical direction)

Principles of effective layout

3. Emphasis – arrangement and weight of importance. News should be displayed according to importance.

Principles of effective layout4. Proportion – the picture

must be sized properly to keep up with other shapes on the pages. Square cuts are desirable. The length of the story may ruin the proportion of the page.

Principles of effective layout5. Movement – arrangement and weight of importance.

Planning the pages

The standard format for a 12 x 18 tabloid is six column. However, computerization has enabled newspaper to vary the column width considerably. A newspaper set in five column is also good.

Planning the pages

For a 9 x 12 or 8 ½ x 13 size, a four column format is preferred.

The following hints for designing page 1 can be helpful.1. Do not design a

page first and then force the news to fit in it. That will destroy or distort the news value of the stories and undermine one of the prime purposes of design – to help grade the news.

2. Put the most important story or display items at the top of the page.

3. Avoid tombstoning headlines. Use display devices such as pictures, boxes, graphics, even white space to separate heads, especially if the heads are the same size.

Note: Articles on a page can look like tombstones also

4. Place at least one multicolumn headline in each quarter of the page and the center, if possible.

5. Use pictures generously. If a picture looks good as a two-column, it will look even better as a three-column most of the time. Crop pictures artfully. Do not waste space.

6. Put big pictures toward the top of the page, but do not be afraid to use a big picture at the bottom as well. Just make certain that the one at the top is larger.

7. Use multicolumn headlines at the bottom of the page, even a banner. Be certain the banner’s type size is not larger than of the main headline at the top of the page.

8. Do not be afraid to float the flag to give some variety in make up, but always keep it close to the top of the page.

9. Don’t let subject in photograph based in outside columns look-off the page, which destroy unity.

10. Run stories horizontally rather than vertically whenever possible.

11. Run related stories in the same area on the page.

12. Vary the size of body type and the width in which some stories are set. But do not overdo it.

13. Limit the number of one-column headlines on the page.

14. Use a variety of headline sizes to give the page contrast.

15. Do not let the story run out from under the headline.

16. Vary your page design from page to page.

17. Try a few surprises by ignoring these hints from time to time.

Newspage Face Treat the facing page (page 2 and 3) as

only one page. Arrange or lay it out not a separate page. Follow the procedures in front page make up.

Editorial Page Face These pages should have a dignified,

distinctive and formal appearance. The masthead or editorial box which should be relatively small, maybe anchored in any corner of the page. Editorial proper has larger font. Heads or titles of editorials, just like the headline of news story should be of masculine appearance not the italic or the script type.

Literary and Feature Page Face These pages must have a literary and

feminine appearance. The column are often wider.

Sports Page Face This page has a bolder but more lively

appearance than other pages. Its make up should suggest its content, action, speed and color. Large bold heads even streamers are used. Action pictures are used.

Always remember Page make up is a matter of personal

taste. There are no absolute criteria for laying out the page or pages of a newspaper, therefore the layout artist may experiment freely on page make up until he gets the pattern that is acceptable to him.

Always remember There are many forms of front page make

up. Its good to know them, but this does not mean that the staff can’t devise its own.

THANK YOU! Put a winnable layout in your school

papers…