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Part of the delay (from my conversation with Betsy Bly, editor of C&C) was that she was in the process of re-desiging it, makign it easier to read, better choice of fonts (sans-serif fonts are extremly hard to read in body copy) more open space, etc. Saw a mock up at GA (being in the business and all) and it looks really nice. When you are goign to a re-design it can be extremly time consuming, becasue you have to standardize everything all over again. Headlines, sub-heads, text, plus columns, captions, pull-quotes, etc. If youve been on a publication format for a while, you know that the captions are always 12pt Arial bold lead in with rest at 12 arial regular black. After you change, you have to go back and keep re-checking - you dont just know it. After a pub goest through a redesign, they always have the kinks out by avout the third issue. By that time, the designer is comfortable in it and almost has an intuative feel about it. Kinda liek living in a new house. For a while youre still looking for the light switches. After a whiel you can walk across the house in the total dark, go to the kitchen and get a glass of water.
Look at the good news: The fraternity saved some $$ by the delay!
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