The Herald is a broadsheet

Broadsheet

Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...

 newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, and available throughout Scotland. As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 47,226, giving it a lead over Scotland's other 'quality' national daily, The Scotsman

The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....

, published in Edinburgh.

The 1889 to 1906 editions are only available to view on micro-film. From then on printed copies have been retained.
The paper is one of the world's oldest continuously-published English-language newspapers, first published on Wednesday 1 January 1783 as the Glasgow Advertiser, from Duncan's Land, Gibson's Wynd, Glasgow.