Why do newspapers use columns for layout of text?

Answer 1

Newspaper use columns to squeeze more text onto a page, and make the long storis more appealing. For example, if you see a long bit of text with no columns, it looks dauting, and you ae unwiling to read it. If you, however, see something with columns, it breaks the text up, making you more likely to want to read it. Columns are also easier to read and print.

Another Answer

When newspapers were first printed on printing presses, the typesetters understood the proportions involved in the size of type and the space between the lines, so they set type in column widths that was easiest for the human eye to read. (Clues given at the end of the line show the eye where to begin reading the next line.)

A wide column clouds the clues, and a narrow column makes the clues easier to absorb. For the reader, this is an unconscious function.

Columns today are sized for the same reason, even though typesetting is digital in modern times.

Answer 2

It's done that way simply because our eyes prefer to look at something directly in front of us - in a narrow field of vision. So by writing in columns you let the reader read faster. Also, excessive sideways movement creates fatigue - and makes reading difficult.

However, Double Columns was introduced in the seventies by the editor of the Levittown tribune. This made more room for advertising on the same page with less effort for design editing for ad's and also made reading easier to follow. Shortly after introducing this to the public it was adapter by every other news paper in America. Oh, the editor was a woman with seven kids!

Answer 3

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It's the most effective way to organize the information. We read from left to right, and the smaller the type size, the less horizontal distance the eye can comfortably travel. Without columns, it would be difficult to read line after line of type all the way across a broad newspaper page.

Also, you can get more headlines, more stories, organized on a page. The area above the fold is considered "prime real estate" - the more headlines above that fold, the more interest the newspaper will generate, and the more papers will be sold on the newsstand.

Answer 4

Newspapers use columns for layout of text to improve readability and provide a more organized format for readers. This design allows for better flow of information, helps separate different stories or sections, and reduces the amount of eye movement needed to read the content.

Answer 5

The most popular format for newspapers today is Berliner. The pages are six columns wide.

Answer 6

Columns are used to make it easier for the reader to read the text as it would be hard to keep track of what part your at. It's also used to make room for text or pictures on the page.

Answer 7

they use a program called adobe indesign. it is part of the adobe creative suite package

Answer 8

It's much more effective: easier on the eyes (you can skim through it much faster than following the entire length of the page), and saves paper.