Emily VelascoMLE_online
Sep 8, 2026, 2:29 PMPleasantly surprised to find that I remember enough layout rules to put together a half-decent newsletter by hand even though my last layout/copy editing job was 16 years ago.
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- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineSep 8, 2026, 2:32 PM
I'm still breaking some of the basic rules, like never place a photo so the person is looking off the edge of the page, and don't line up two adjacent headlines with each other, but since I was building this without the benefit of desktop-publishing software, I had to pick my battles.
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineSep 8, 2026, 2:36 PM
The inaugural issue of Center Stage is out and the reviews are coming in for what may be Whittier's hottest new newsletter.
"You are freaking amazing! This is so much better than I even imagined!"
-- WCT Board President
vxovxo@digipres.clubSep 8, 2026, 2:31 PM@MLE_online very nice! :3
Ruth O'DayRuthODay2@chaosfem.twSep 8, 2026, 2:35 PMRules, schmules.
MacCruiskeenmaccruiskeen@social.linux.pizzaSep 8, 2026, 5:56 PM@RuthODay2 @MLE_online Yeah, I worked on a weekly newspaper back in the 90s and there were no stinkin rules. Just deadlines.
Zack Sternzackstern@hachyderm.ioSep 8, 2026, 5:08 PM@MLE_online It looks solid, and doing it in photoshop? JFC you could have a vigilante-designer comic book made with your story.
John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialSep 8, 2026, 4:58 PM@MLE_online this looks like the kind of thing I would want to do, that I would find fun, that I would be good at, that I could never, ever do on a deadline. Kudos
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineSep 8, 2026, 5:04 PM
@crazybutable The only way i ever get things done is on a deadline. I volunteered to do this two months ago and waited until yesterday morning to start. It's due this week lol
- John Wilsoncrazybutable@mastodon.socialSep 8, 2026, 5:59 PM
@MLE_online I’m laughing so hard right now my coworkers are staring at me
My point was I’ve never done newsletter layout to the point where I could reliably bang it out overnight. Other things, yeah I can go fast, not newsletter layout though
- Emily VelascoMLE_onlineSep 8, 2026, 6:03 PM
@crazybutable I believe in you. If you would find it fun, then that's a good start toward getting good enough to bang one out in a hurry