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Bad Newspaper/Magazine Layout

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    Image Source     Now for the sinful newspapers, Tabloids! I absolutely detest these awful, biased papers.     From the changing fonts to the advertisements at the top with free stuff inside. It is designed to make the reader feel anxious or scared causing people to panic buy things they don't need or isolate people away from facts.  It is a gossip paper and I despise gossip. Then you have a column separated from an image along with three different articles, making it a much more confusing read.  There is just so much going on that I get annoyed and just don't want to read it. I think there should be a lot less involving image, grids and MASSIVE font that are too much to handle. Less is more after all!   Image Source     Where to begin with this. Too much is an understatement.    Absolutely no structure whatsoever. It is more or less the physical version of those annoying pop-up adds from websites. from the winning of money, and click bait articles.    No grid that is pleasi
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Good Newspaper/Magazine Layout

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  Image Source     N ewspaper layout choice that I appreciate in terms of good visual design.    Why I chose this piece is down to the simplicity of the layout. It's three column text grid without all the clutter of a tabloid.  There is the title, clear and draws you in, not too big or small, a short brief about the article followed by the article and an image the article is based on. Short and sweet without the bombarding of news and confusion,   The font is consistent throughout the page which means less chaos for reading for me. and I don't have to worry or feel anxious about it either because its a broadsheet and is calming in regards to layout .   Image Source Now this, for me, is truly awesome. I love that there is a lot going on but yet nothing at the same time. It is Simple and unique that we haven't seen a thousand times every day like other magazines which are flooded with tips, advice, news and images.  The font is, you guessed it, Times, and the brief and title
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