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European newspapers and their magazines tend to have distinctive content and design structures that reflect their national characteristics. Four such newspapers are profiled to illustrate how different these design structures are from those used in the American media. The publications featured are the British newspaper 'The Independent,' the Austrian newspaper 'Kurier,' the French newspaper 'Le Figaro' and the German newspaper 'Frankfurter Allgemeine,' each of which have colorful Sunday magazines that are distinguished by their superlative graphic design.
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The runaround typography is used when illustrations need to be inserted inside long text to add to the appeal and legibility of the column. However, some columns can be too narrow that insertions makes the text look too wide spaced. Any inconvenience on the part of the reader's eye can make the reader lose interest and turn to another page. The human eye finds text illegible if it is flushed right and jagged on the left. It would be more advisable if the text were to be flushed left and the runaround be applied to right side of the text column.
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The judicious use of white space can reconfigure the tension of a newspaper page. Tabloids, for example, have so little white space, they convey a terse urgency. Broadsheets, in contrast, have the ability to summon up a variety of moods by combining white space with various graphic elements. However, good design that counterbalances white space is needed to ensure that a broadsheet newspaper does not exude a feeling of unnerving dullness.
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