One of the guys at work had a copy of the new look Guardian in its Berliner format. It’s a really nice size, bigger than a scrappy tabloid, but smaller than a full-on broadsheet.
Their new overall look is very clean and modern, and the Guardian already looked pretty contemporary. They’ve created a new font aswell “Guardian Egyptian” was is very slick.
The digital version, which is basically pdfs or jpegs and text, is also free until September 26th to tempt you to have a read.
I’m much impressed. They made a bit of a cockup in getting rid of Doonesbury, but after a few hundred hostile blog comments, several letters of complaint and even a few irate phone calls, it will be back next week.
I’m so excited by the new format that I’m tempted to get up earlier tomorrow just so that I can read the next edition before work.
Wonder if I’ll feel the same in the harsh light of day?
Alex Ingram - September 12th, 2005 @ 11:32 pmThey ditched Doonesbury? Morons.
The thing that struck me about it was how closely it resembled a webpage.
thesilvereel - September 13th, 2005 @ 11:12 pmDoonesbury is back already!
Fear the power of the
darksidebloggers.It is very web page esque, with the all colour, lots of use of layout and a strong emphasis on navigational linkage.
Alex Ingram - September 13th, 2005 @ 11:38 pmOne article I saw even had hyperlink style definitions of terms, which were then defined in a box at the side. Quite neat.
olly - September 13th, 2005 @ 11:40 pmIt is rather fetching, isn’t it. I still prefer the old header though. Helvetica 4 life!
Bradlay Law - September 14th, 2005 @ 12:32 pmPassnotes
No256756: TheGuardian
Didn’t there used to be a newspaper called the Guardian? There still is. Look under that copy of the FT, theres a pile of them.
What, this? That’s the chap. Nice and blue, isnt it.
Cripes. Are the printers all on diets? No, that svelte shape is quite the thing on the Continent. And it won’t get caught up in your cardigan when you’re reading on the No 42.
Oh, small is beautiful and what-not? Precisely. But the Guardian couldn’t just follow the crowd, it’s got a reputation for fearless iconoclasm to uphold.
Hmm. Does it have any stories in? Come on, even Guardian readers can only take so much in one go.
Hey, where’s that funny bit with the questions and answers gone? The Times.
Do say: Ich bin ein Berliner.
Dont say: Didn’t I read that in the Mail yesterday?
alan rubbisher - September 22nd, 2005 @ 9:39 pm