The Codes and Conventions of contents pages

In todays lesson we looked at the Codes and Conventions of contents pages. i will look back at these Codes & Conventions when designing my Contents Page.

Images:

• All have a main Image
• normally 4-5 images
• Main image dominates the page
• Credits for the front picture are on the contents page
• Subsidiary images are different sizes

Font/Text:

• Font is all the same
• The font needs to be Clear & Consistant
• Bigger Font for main stories
• average font size is 11
• Titles are in bold
• font size for each coverline is 12/13
• Page numbers are a different colour to the Stories
• page numbers anchor the story to the image

Overall:

• Colour Scheme is Consistant - this reinforces the brand
• Plain background
• Often has an editors letter
• Website, Date, Issue Number & Contact details are all on the Contents page
• Subscription Details