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Nooooo…. I just don’t understand the wisdom of giving important space to columnist headshots, especially some of the most important real estate in the paper–basically, where the F1 would normally go. And those are some big-ass pictures. Plus the black shirts make them look like waitstaff at a nice restaurant.
That’s a brave use of fonts. Also, confusing.
I have to say I think the new one is an improvement. The flag wastes way less space, the deadening “Speed Read” and table of contents are gone, and the color palette is more coherent (if more garish). The reader goes into stories with a better sense of what to expect–an approach that’s often derided as dumbing down the news, but newspapers are supposed to serve dumb people (besides, no one derides students for stupidly taking notes or making outlines).
