Information can be gain by watching television, reading
newspaper, and searching in Internet. Reading a text in print and screen design
is not similar. There are several differences in reading newspaper or magazine
(print design) and online (screen design) such as: layout of the article and
writing structure.
Image from: smp.townplan.gov
Image from: Four Four-Two Magazine
March edition
The difference between print and screen design is the size
of the font and the font type (Meyer, 2004). As we can see on the picture of screen design, the font size
of the headline and contain are no much changes. On the other side, on FFT the
main idea of the information has a bigger size. The similarity between the font
size of the headline and contain can make the reader lazy to read the
information.
The second difference is type of fonts. In The Star, there
is no fonts difference between the headline and contain. On the other hand,
there is a variety of font type in FFT Magazine. It is easier for reader to
read to FFT than The Star because FFT writing structure is shorter. Color
combination can give effect to mood of the reader (Thimou, 2006). The variety
of color in FFT can make reader more interested to read.
Framing plays important role in a design (Kress, 1998) Line,
dots, or color are the example of framing. Framing can be used to connect or
disconnect elements. In The Star, white space is the only framing in the
article. On the other side, dots and colors play a role as a framing in the
article.
References:
Kress, G & Leeuwen, T, V 1998, Approaches to media
discourse, pp.1-34
Meyer, E, A 2004, Cascading Style Sheet: The definitive
guide, viewed 10 April 2012, http://books.google.com.my/books?id=nU4EiJ9ZPf8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Thimou, P 2006, Home Screen Printing Workshop, viewed 10
April 2012, http://books.google.com.my/books?id=Z41KMhkUQ8UC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
