The number of Taiwanese daily newspapers increased tenfold after martial law was lifted in 1988. Increased competition and new technology influenced the adoption of design innovations. This study examined three Taiwanese daily newspapers' use of color, graphics, headline styles, modular design, and number of stories before and after the lifting of martial law.
During the second half of the twentieth century, the appearance of newspapers evolved from vertical, gray pages cluttered with rules and typographical decoration to open, modular, horizontal, and topically organized publications.1 Publication designers, who introduced these changes, sought to showcase major stories on the …