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dpwh Capitalize

Common Typeset to small letter

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New paragraph

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Cty Insert letter

City
Insert Word
Lipa is
. Insert period

, Insert comma

x
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,
( )
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“ ” Insert quotation marks

Li pa Delete space
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Lipaaa City
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LipaCity Insert Space

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Lifa Change letter/s

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Province
The figure will likely breach
the 216,190 cases recorded
in the entire 2018.

Delete paragraph
The figure will likely breach
the 216,190 cases recorded
in the entire 2018.

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Lpia City
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City Lipa
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Run-in
breach the 216,190 cases
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Two or more errors = Change word

HEADLINE
• Subject + Action Verb + Object
• 5 – 9 words

PRINTER’S DIRECTION (FOR TEXT)

____________________________________
11 pts
TNR Bold
___ ems LEAD
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BODY
11 pts ____________________________________
TNR Normal
12 ems ____________________________________
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Fonts: TNR, Cambria, Georgia

No. of Columns No. of Lines Font Size Ems per Line

1 3–4 18 – 22 12
2 1–2 24 – 28 25
3 1 30 – 38 38
4 1 40 – 51
5 1 -- 72 64
PRINTER’S DIRECTION (FOR HEADLINE)

No. of Cols – Font size – Font type (unit counts)

Deck – Style – fl

EXAMPLE:
3 – 38 – Arial Bold (31.5 u.c.)
1, ds, fl

Styles: Downstyle (ds), Caps And Lower Case (clc)

FL = flush left
Fonts: Arial, Verdana, Calibri
• Big News = 1-line headline
• Small News = 2 – 4-line headline

Printer’s Direction for Headlines with Kicker

3 – 38 – Arial Bold (31.5 u.c.)
1, ds, fl w/ kicker

SLUGLINE

• Type
• Publication News
• Topic Philstar
Example
• Writer’s Dengue
Initials/Date GMAL/08-11-19

*Pag walang given na publication, writer, at date, leave it blank.