Abstract: A method and system for laying out and typesetting in a computerized publishing system comprises the steps of: grouping materials to be laid out on a type area of a page according to theme of articles to define a plurality of theme families, classifying the plurality of articles into a variable article type and fixed article type by adding an identifier, giving a rank to each of the theme families and to the articles, adding information to each of the materials for specifying the size of the materials that are to be laid out on the type area and further for specifying the rank of the theme family and the article, storing the materials into a file together with the information, laying out the materials based upon the information by reading the content of the file to determine a page layout while referencing to a knowledge base, and typesetting a page based upon the page layout to create a typeset, wherein the step of laying out the materials including a step of modifying said page layout based upon a result of