Category: Format

Are there rules about color in creating publications? Should you choose some colors while avoiding others?

--Nadine Scheller-BlaskoNadine -- The best scheme for a two-color publication is to use black and a relatively dark accent color. Forest green (PMS 340), fireball red (PMS 185) and navy blue (PMS 280) are all good examples of accent colors that are dark… more »

Hyphens

Small, Tricky and Guaranteed to Break Every- Body Up (at least when "everybody" is at the end of a line) There are two kinds of hyphens -- the "link hyphen" used for compound words such as "co-opt," and the "break h… more »

Sure. It Will Fit. It's Just a Paragraph or Two

The triumph of desktop publishing over the typesetting/paste-up technique of newsletter, newspaper and magazine production (bulletins were almost always typewritten) has ushered in a golden age in which nobody seems to give a damn how long their articles… more »

Now a Lump of Words From Our Sponsor

Advertising in newsletters is a tricky business. more »

Journals vs. Newsletters

Differences between journals, newsletters and bulletins. more »