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Live layout: Concept in context

Live layout: Concept in context

From the course: Magazine Design Start to Finish: The Inside Pages

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Live layout: Concept in context

- What we're doing in this course is designing a magazine from scratch, which means we're working out a look offline. We're not laying out live pages. This is the right way to do it. You and the editors need time. There's a lot to process. The last thing you want is to be designing, or redesigning a magazine on a live issue that's going to press. I'll be using a variety of photos, some of which you'll see repeated. That's fine, they're only placeholders. I'm also for the most part using dummy copy. Lorem ipsum is traditional for that. I've used it a lot, but Latin doesn't look like English, it's too smooth, too little variety, so I've concocted some better English copy of my own. You'll see the same copy here and there too. It's a placeholder. First thing is to get our type size, and line spacing finalized. Best way to do that is on a live page. Here's the seven column grid, with three quarter inch margins. I like these, they're very pleasant proportions. And by the way, we're not…

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