Creative Editing

Chapter 9

Exercise 10-12

10. Use the standard headline-counting method explained in this chapter to give the count for this headline:

Amityville horror real,
psychic detectives say

 

11. Refer to the headline schedule in Figure 9-3 to give the maximum number of units for each line of these headline assignments. Remember, the first number refers to the number of columns; the second number is the point size of the type; the third number is the number of lines in the headline.

a. 2-48-2 _____________

b. 1-24-3 _____________

c. 5-60-1 _____________

d. 4-36-2 _____________

 

12. Use the standard headline-counting method explained in this chapter to give the count for this headline:

Governor summons
special session

Does the headline above fit properly for a 2-48-2 headline assignment? If not, change it so each line will be within the maximum count and no shorter than two units less than the maximum count.

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