Magazine Reviews 3

Conventions of a magazine page layout in terms of technical codes

1. Section Title
2. Headline
3. Strap lines
4. Introduction
5. Subheadings/breakout paragraphs
6. Columns
7. Pictures
8. Graphics and Logos
9. Font and Typography
10. Breakout boxes
11. Call to action
12. Byline
13. Issue info
14. Captions

Variations in layout are largely due to the differing readership and content of newspapers. Some variations can occur between diferent newspapers as certain layouts are modifiable.

The arrangment of columns is one of those things as text on a page is broken up into columns. Different magazines have varying numbers of columns on a page. Breakout boxes and the introduction can be either presented in different way or they may be positioned around different places on a page.The Fonts and Typography vary greatly depending on the newspaper and each paper chooses its own style of font to give itself an original character and identity. Typography is the way in which a text is laid out on a page; size, spacing, line length etc. Articles in a newspaper will always follow a certain 'House style' E.g. same size and font for all headlines.Headline style even though it is technically part of typography is quite important in terms of variations as it can produce in the reader different emotions which will affect how an article is read. Additionally strap lines are also used around a title so that certain specific details are what the reader would notice first. Subheadings are used to break up longer articles so that it's easier for the reader to read the story without getting bored or muddled up. Graphics are one of the differences in layout where variation amongst newspapers occurs most often. They can be use to signal regualr section within a paper and can also be sued to break up a page and make it easier to read. Photographs and the way that they are used varies hugely among newspapers. Their positioning and the amount of them used can have a large effect on how the reader would react to an article. This is shown by the fact that our eyes are most often drawn to the right-hand page of a newspaper, which is a reason why adverts on the right-hand page of cost more.