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Important elements of a Newsletter design
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By Thomson Chemmanoor |
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There are various newsletters available for subscription. A newsletter is basically a publication that concentrates on a main subject or topic, which interests its’ subscribers. Upon subscription to the newsletter, it is sent out periodically to its’ subscribers with new information about the topic.
Some newsletters stand out from other newsletters because of the usage of certain elements in them to make a successful newsletter. Although most newsletters have a nameplate, body text and headlines, there is actually more to this that makes it a successful newsletter.
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The newsplate is found on the front of the newsletter in banner form to identify the publication. It mentions the name of the newsletter, its’ graphics or logo and a suitable motto. Publication information like volume and issue or date too is included here. The body of the newsletter is, as its name implies, the part of the newsletter with the bulk of the newsletter content. The table of contents is found on the front page and lists articles and special sections of the newsletter with their corresponding page numbers. The name of the publisher, and other pertinent data is found on the masthead of the newsletter, to include the staff names, contributors, logo, etc.
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After the nameplate, it is the headline that identifies each article of the newspaper with its prominent text element. There may be regular columns in the newsletter, which have kickers above their headlines. Kickers are usually short phrases that introduce regular columns. The newsletter deck has one or more lines found in between the headline and the body of the article. Its main purpose is to elaborate or expand the headline and topic of the accompanying text. Sometimes the article is divided into smaller sections using the help of subheads. Some newsletters have a running headline of repeating text at the top of each page. This is called the running head and usually comprises the title of the publication. |
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Page numbers appear either at the top, bottom or sides of pages. Some newsletters have bylines either between the headline and start of the article or at the end of the article. It is a short phrase indicating the name of the author of the article in the newsletter. There are continuation lines or jumplines that are used to help readers find articles that are divided in two or more pages. Continuation heads are used to identify the continued part of the article when articles jump from one page to another.
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When the end of the article is reached, the printer places a dingbat, which is an end sign. If there is some matter needing special attention, publishers use pull-quotes. These are small selections of text that are pulled out and quoted in large typeface. Newsletters also use photographs, drawings and charts to intensify the meaning of an article. Mug shots are straight into the camera head and shoulders pictures. Captions are added either above, below or to the sides of these photos or graphs to describe them. The newsletters that are self-mailers, with no envelopes need a mailing panel. This is the part of the newsletter that contains the return address, mailing address of the recipient and postage. It is usually on one-half or one-third of the back page so that it faces out when folded.
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