I got my copy this morning, haven't had time to read it yet, but it ain't full colour. Maybe the printers forgot?

It looks impressive. If you can get it, pp20-21 are a two page spread with one picture, under the headline 'Eyewitness'. Wonderful use of photography. Eat your heart out, Indy!

Lots of colour and organisation. I think this is going to grow on me a great deal. Much better than any tabloid alternative, and better than the old broadsheet.

One mistake though: they appear to have dropped Doonesbury. I hope this is an error and not a policy decion ....

I got my black and white copy as well! Mine was bought in Dublin (thats Ireland!) and pages 5 to 12, 17 to 25 and 29 to 36 on the mian paper are in B&W, as most of the Sports section. Disappointing start. Still it does look great though.

Chris

Howard,

Good thought. I couldn't get that 20-21 spread last night from the digital edition. I've added it now.

Mine was bought in Dublin too. I know that sometimes they use different printers for the edition we get, but surely they could have made better arrangements by now?

You can use Safari - just drag the pdf link into the address bar, and it will download it.

I bought a copy of the 'international edition' of The Guardian here in Helsinki, Finland. Not four, but two sections here (G1, which includes some pages of the domestic sports section, and a thin, all B&W version of G2). Only the front page and the back page of section one are in colour. The rest of the pages just seem the full colour design printed in black & white, which doesn't look good. I guess it all has to do with saving costs and the fact that different printing presses in different countries are used for the international Guardian. The online pages in pdf format do look pretty, though!

The Irish edition of The Guardian is not the International edition, I have to point out; it's normally the same edition published in Scotland (we get some Scot TV listings, and gig listings on Saturdays). But like the international one that Flip mentions, it definitely looks like a colour paper printed in B&W, so it looks a bit odd -- especially the centre spread image of the riots up north.

its a shame the international edition is so badly printed. the version in the UK is amazing. the best thing i have seen in ages. you cant get hold of a copy of it after midday in london, which is a massive pain...

My version of Safari wouldn't download the PDFs

I think you're not getting the PDF because Pop-up Blocking is turned on in your Safari. Hit Cmd-K and try again.

Am I the only one bothered by the vacuous white space between headline and story? Maybe I'm too yank.