The Press and Journal in Aberdeen has undergone a major redesign.

The new-look P&J will retains its broadsheet format from Monday to Friday and compact format on a Saturday.

It is the first major change to the look of the paper in eight years and includes the introduction of fresh typefaces, design features and a new masthead.

Other features include a much larger body text to make the paper easier to read and a more lively and accessible layout. The new design has a combination of the Serif Display and Sans fonts, several varieties of which will be exclusively used by the P&J in the UK.

Editor Derek Tucker said the intention was to retain the traditional qualities of the paper but with a fresh look.

He added: “I wanted a design which combined modern typefaces with the ability to allow rapid changes through the editions.

“The seven editions we produce to ensure that the entire north of Scotland has a local daily newspaper are crucial to our continued success and that was uppermost in our minds throughout the whole redesign process.”

The DC Thomson-owned Press and Journal has a circulation of more than 82,000 and is Britain’s fourth-largest regional newspaper, with only evening titles in Wolverhampton, Liverpool and Manchester selling more copies.

Palmer Watson, the Edinburgh-based consultants, were commissioned to design the new look. The company has worked on several leading newspapers around the globe with recent projects including the world-renowned French daily Le Monde and AD, a multi-edition daily title in the Netherlands.

The Press and Journal was sold by Northcliffe Newspapers, along with the Evening Express, last year.

The new-look compact