Why the newspaper look works
Print layouts carry authority. Dense columns, rules and headline type signal “this was reported”, even when the viewer can only read a fragment. Flashing through many of those pages while one word stays put suggests the same idea turning up everywhere – a feeling that is hard to create with a single caption.
How the layout is built
The Newspaper layout generates a new page for every cut from three kinds of blocks:
- Headlines – one or two lines of large, heavy type at varying sizes.
- Body columns – two to four narrow columns of small text with vertical rules between them, the way a broadsheet sets copy.
- Rules – thin horizontal lines that separate stories, plus a ruled band around your focal line.
Blocks are stacked above and below your focal line until the frame is full, so a 9:16 frame gets more stories and a 16:9 frame gets more columns. Turn on Mix fonts to let headlines alternate between Playfair Display, Cormorant Garamond, Instrument Serif and Inter.
Getting an authentic print feel
- Use the Paper background for a warm stock with subtle grain and darker edges.
- The Solid block highlight reverses the focal word out of a dark band – a common print device for emphasis.
- The Typewriter sound gives each new page a short mechanical clack.
- Keep the cut rate around 6–8 so viewers catch glimpses of headlines without being able to read whole stories.
A note on real publications
The pages are generated from your words and neutral filler, not from real newspapers, and there are no mastheads or logos. Please keep it that way in what you publish: don’t add the name or branding of a real outlet, and don’t present invented headlines as genuine news. Satire and storytelling are fine when the context makes clear what they are.