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Checklist & further reading

Check your spreads before critique, and add your design system to your assignment.

Checklist & assignment

Every element aligns to a column, row or the baseline grid.
Folios and page numbers sit in the same place on every page (except the cover and full-bleed pages).
All of your type is set with paragraph and character styles.
Every spread is clearly part of the same magazine, and no two spreads in a row share the same layout.
Each spread has one clear entry point (the biggest or boldest element).
Images bleed where they touch the edge, and every image has a caption or credit.
Body text has been tested in print at 100%.

Include in your assignment

In your Project Strategy Brief, add a short Design System paragraph:

Attach your Production Notes sheet with the exact specs.