Kasabian Philosophy This Introduces a Separate of 4 Days, As a Preview for the Album
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Lead singer Tom explains The song "Vlad the Impaler" was re- Heading leased as a free download for a period the Kasabian philosophy This introduces a separate of 4 days, as a preview for the album. section of the article. The promo video for "Vlad the Impaler" stars Noel Fielding of The Mighty Where do you Boosh.The album's first official single prefer to per- Tilt was the track "Fire", which was re- form? leased on 1 June 2009, and the song Scotland—the This image is tilted, "Where Did All the Love Go?" was re- crowds are al- Headline leased as the second official single. which catches the ways up for it The third single "Underdog" was used The headline introduces and go mental. reader‘s attention. It in the movie Takers (2010). the article. 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This larger first letter sig- asabian burst on to the British music sorely missing. They have since gone The song "Fire" was used as K scene in 2004 with the release of from strength to strength, be- nifies the start of the arti- the Barclays Premier League Favourite festival? Sub-headings their eponymous debut coming the major attrac- theme song for the 2010–11 T in the Park, or any Scot- These break up the cle. The use of reverse album. Disgusted with tion at festivals over the ―We are the season Matchday pro- tish festival! large section of body also attracts interest. the clean living ‗non‘ years.As guitarist gram.Future (2010– antics of the current biggest band Serge says: ―Oasis present) text. The use of the ac- groups of the time- have gone. We are Hanging indent Coldplay, Keane, etc. in Britain‖ the biggest band in- Kasabian started work on cent colour produces a The body copy has been —they vowed to bring Britain now. Kasabian their fourth album in No- visual rhythm. stepped in from the text back some of the excite- are to headline the Isle of vember 2010. ment and glamour that had been Wight and Rockness festivals. frame, to create more white space. Page 6 Festivalseason.com Festivalseason.com Page 7 Column Page number (folio) Pull quote Columns are used to re- Gutter Text wrap This has been selected from the This separates columns, strict the length of the As it suggests, the text Cropped image lines of text, making them body copy. In this case, the oval and helps to de-clutter the text box contrasts with the box wraps around the image. This is an image with the page. easier to read. They also shapes of the page. Often a con- background removed. It produce a visual structure troversial statement is used, and creates a more interesting to the page. this draws the reader into the shape. article. 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Headers and footers appear at the top and bottom of the page respectively, and give information , such as date, page, the feature concerned, etc. Headings and titles give an introduc- Last year, the presence of the mighty Kasabian, global superstar JayZee tion to the article, and subheadings divide the article into smaller sections. 22 point bold text ast year, the presence 14 point regular text and even Madness kept up the festi- Pull-quotes draw the reader‘s attention to the article and captions explain an L of the mighty Kasabian, val‘s reputation as one of the best. image or photo. The main body of text is called body type, or body copy. global superstar JayZee and even Madness kept up the festival‘s reputation as one of the best. Right-aligned text can look sophisticated and is often Typeface used for subheadings and Fonts are in two styles— serif and captions. sans serif. 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Last year, the presence of the mighty Kasabian, An indent is a good way of Left-aligned text can make global superstar JayZee signifying the beginning of a the publication appear more and even Madness kept new paragraph: sophisticated. It is the most up the festival‘s reputation commonly used alignment. as one of the best. Examples of fonts This year‘s T in the Park Last year, the presence of Text wrapping allows text may have one of the lowest the mighty Kasabian, global Times New Roman Arial Arnold Bock- to be placed around an im- Baskerville Old Face key line ups in recent years, superstar JayZee and even age or graphic. Century Schoolbook Europa lin with few major stars of note. 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