The Newspaper Designer's Handbook

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Summary: Command Information Officer
Review: INCREDIBLE - If you thought the first four of his layout and design handbooks were superb, you ain't seen nothin' yet! The best, all round, guide for beginners or professionals. A must for anyone in the print industry. Great reference for ideas and layout woes. I can not rate this book high enough! Buy it, you won't be disappointed.

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Summary: Command Visual Information Officer, U.S. Army
Review: Incredible resource! A must for anyone in the publishing business. Basic, common-sense approach to layout and design. Rich in ideas and packed with useful information explaining the how and whys of modern newspaper production. A perfect addtion to a library that seconds as a resource for "this is why we do it this way!" Tim has long been a advocate for a graphic approach to the print business and this book lets you have it with both barrels.

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Summary: Command Visual Information Officer, U.S. Army
Review: Incredible resource! A must for anyone in the publishing business. Basic, common-sense approach to layout and design. Rich in ideas and packed with useful information explaining the how and whys of modern newspaper production. A perfect addtion to a library that seconds as a resource for "this is why we do it this way!" Tim has long been a advocate for a graphic approach to the print business and this book lets you have it with both barrels.

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Summary: The Best Newspaper Design Text
Review: This book is absolutely peerless. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Tim Harrower presents the basics of newspaper design in a natural, informative, and entertaining manner. It's the type of book that, while each chapter may build on concepts in previous chapters, one can open up the book to any page and learn an important facet of layout and design. Whenever you open the book, you will learn something. The way Harrower presents his lessons, you have to be actively ignoring them not to be educated.

The negative comments about the spiral binding are completely off the mark. It's one of my favorite practical aspects of the book. You can sit down at your computer, open up the book to the lesson you need, and lay it flat down on the table or on a document stand. With standard binding, you would not be able to do this. The spiral binding is a conscious decision on the part of the publisher and author, and I'm sure it was made for this reason.

Every aspiring designer should read this seminal text; it is perfect for the entry- and intermediate-level layout artist. Tim is a great teacher with a good eye and keen sense for tasteful newspaper design.

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Summary: A good book
Review: This is a good book that any journalist or student interested in graphic design should own. Definitely a must own. Buy it now.