Take a magazine, newspaper or book that includes images and text. Lay tracing paper over the top of three spreads (both left-hand and right-hand pages). Using a pencil and ruler, carefully trace the grid underlying the page layouts. Remember to remove specific text elements or images, and to only draw the grid lines. Note column widths and margin sizes at the top, bottom, and to the left and right of the main body of text. Is your document based on a two-column, three-column, or another type of grid? Which elements stay the same on each page, and which change?
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So I actually don’t have that many magazines at home, so I used the latest edition of naturfotografen that I get through the photograph club that I’m a part of. It’s not completely straight because I have a injury in my left hand, so it was difficult to use the ruler.
Spread 1-2 and 3-4
Margin top: 1,7cm
Margin bottom: 1,7cm
Left page
Margin left: 1,4cm
Margin right: 0,9cm
Right page
Margin left: 0,9cm
Margin right: 1,4cm
Spread 5-6
Left page
Margin top: 1,9cm
Margin bottom: 2,5cm
Margin left: 1,4cm
Margin right: 0,9cm
Right page
Margin top: 1,9cm
Margin bottom: 3,3cm
Margin left: 1,7cm
Margin right: 1,4cm
These spreads was different and only spread 1-2 and 5-6 had page numbers, these was placed on the bottom and where 0,6cm high. The document is based on a three column grid. And the photos is placed in the top or at the bottom of the pages.