Tips on Designing Newsletters
- Tips on Designing Newsletters
- Paragraph Indents
- Not Helvetica
- Readable Body Copy
Tips on Designing Newsletters
by Robin Williams
The biggest problems with newsletters seem to be lack of alignment, lack of contrast, and too much Helvetica (Arial is another name for Helvetica).
Choose an alignment and stick to it. Trust meyou'll have a stronger and more professional look to your entire newsletter if you maintain that strong edge along the left. And keep everything else aligned. If you use rules (lines), they should begin and end in alignment with something else, like the column edge or column bottom. If your photograph hangs outside the column one-quarter inch, crop it.
You see, if all the elements are neatly aligned, then when appropriate you can freely break out of that alignment with gusto. But don't be a wimp about breaking the alignmenteither align the item or don't. Placement that is a little bit out of alignment looks like a mistake. If your photo does not fit neatly into the column, then let it break out of the column boldly, not barely.