Pages Critique
Dec. 15 issue of The Hatchet. Large block of text.
The front page of the Dec. 15 issue appropriately places the featured picture on the center top of the page. The picture is large, indicating that it is a photo accompanying a dominating story. The caption also touches the headlines. It was also easy to see which picture goes with what article. There was no confusion. The text also wraps all three sides of the photo, showing an appropriate layout that is both neat and aesthetically pleasing. Although the large blocks of text on the first and fifth columns are not pleasing to the eye, there is no tombstoning and if there is a picture for each article, it wouldn’t look as good because then the dominating picture wouldn’t have the same effect. There is a huge block of test for the main story that could have been prevented with a pull quote. Huge blocks of text are unnattractive to the eye. All the stories are shaped in rectangles and they align to each other.
March 2 Opinions page. Huge illustration.
In the March 2 issue, the Opinions page has a large illustration, but it seems more like an “ok” layout than a “good” layout. The illustration is much too large. The text only wraps around the left and the bottom of the illustration. The text below the illustration is too thin. The second article is a huge block of text, yet I don’t think there was any other way to fix this problem. A pull quote would be awkward.
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