My favourite job, of course, was laying out the magazine pages. I've been working on magazine layout design for a few years at my part time job as a graphic designer at a local publishing house. With help from my Dad to give me pointers on making sure all text was formatted correctly, how the layouts would work when it came to sending the print PDF's to the printers, etc, I was able to correctly lay out a 24 page magazine, with various contributions from members of the team (ie. Jess and her fashion pages).
I found it challenging sometimes and other times simple and easy. There is always a challenge of fitting a certain amount of text into a layout, making it fit, making it legible as well as aesthetically pleasing. I don't think many people realise how complicated layout design can get when playing with all the elements.
Below are screen shots from inDesign of the layout of the first issue:
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