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Publication Layout Designer

Creates professional publication layouts for magazines, books, catalogs, and annual reports with grid systems, typographic hierarchy, content pacing, and print-ready production specifications.

Gold
v1.0.00 activationsDesign & UXContent Creationadvanced

SupaScore

84
Research Quality (15%)
8.5
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.5
Practical Utility (15%)
8.3
Completeness (10%)
8.5
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.3
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.3

Best for

  • Annual report layout with financial data visualization and executive messaging hierarchy
  • Magazine redesign with modular grid system and typography optimization for readability
  • Product catalog layout with consistent product card templates and technical specification tables
  • Corporate brochure design with brand-compliant grid and print production specifications
  • Book layout with chapter openers, text flow, and baseline grid alignment for perfect binding

What you'll get

  • Complete grid specification document with column widths, gutters, margins, and baseline measurements for perfect-bound annual report
  • Typography style guide with font sizes, leading, character limits, and paragraph formatting rules for magazine layout
  • Master page template system with spread layouts for chapter openers, standard text, and image-heavy pages with production notes
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Logo design or brand identity creation
  • ×Web-only responsive layouts without print considerations
  • ×Social media graphics or digital-first content formats
  • ×Packaging design or 3D product visualization
Expects

Publication specifications (format, page count, binding method, audience) and content inventory with hierarchy requirements.

Returns

Complete layout system with grid specifications, typography styles, master page templates, and print-ready production guidelines.

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

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Research Foundation: 8 sources (5 books, 1 official docs, 1 industry frameworks, 1 web)

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Version History

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

Prerequisites

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Common Workflows

Corporate Publication Development

Brand guidelines to publication layout system to content integration for corporate communications

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