Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Conventions of a Newspaper


Masthead: the newspaper's name, often in traditional gothic lettering. It may not have changed for many years and is the easiest way to identify a newspaper.

Headlines: the largest typeface on the page for the important story.

Sub-heads: in a similar typeface to explain more about the story.

Lead story: a story chosen to be most interesting by readers.

By-line: journalists name and details.

Alignment: most newspapers use justified to right the articles.

Photographs: in colour or black and white used to attract the readers eyes to the story.

Advertisement: used to attract the readers view to a certain product or charity (The Hill Valley Preservation Society in this case)

not shown on this newspaper but appears in others:

Puns, slogans, Puffs or Blurbs, Secondary Lead, Graphic, Rule, Column, Reversed Out(White Text on Black background) Menu, Small Add and Display Add

Fonts used in a Newspaper are in San-Serif and Serif. 




1 comment:

  1. Find a more recent paper too and compare changes over time

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