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A Bit of Sun


Today’s New York Sun has a nifty new little header for Gary Shapiro’s much-vaunted Knickerbocker column. It depicts the stereotypical fedora-ed reporter pursuing Lady Liberty done in a black and white line drawing style (there’s a word for this particular style but it escapes my memory at the moment). Judging from its appearance, and the fact that it’s in the Sun, it looks like the work of Elliott Banfield, previously mentioned in these pages. I think it’s an admirable improvement.

My ownly major aesthetic gripe against the Sun is the layout of the front page of their Friday second section, currently titled ‘Arts+’. (The ‘plus’ presumably refers to the inclusion of the Sports pages towards the end). Below at left is Section II as it appeared in the September 2-4 edition. The sans-serif font is just a tad too Gannett for a publication as esteemed as the Sun. To the right and below it I have placed two proposals for a reform of the Section II front page, both of which, I believe, are much more in keeping with the general aesthetic and demeanor of the rest of the New York Sun.

Previously: A Glimpse at the Sun | Which Way Forward for the Sun? | Taki on the Sun | Huzzah for the Sun
Link: NewsDesigner.com | For newspaper design junkies such as myself.

Published at 2:35 pm on Tuesday 13 September 2005. Categories: Design New York Newspapers Tags: , .
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