Font choice analysis and explanation.

On my magazine I made very conscience decisions for the best choice of font to best represent my magazine. The choice I made had a few different thing to consider first before settling with one font. 

1. Researching the mainstream magazines to see how effective certain fonts have on the audience. With different styles of font it has different effects with the audience, if a font has blood dripping down from it (Kerrang magazine) it could scary some people because it is used to shock. 

2. Fonts can set different vibes for a magazine. For example Kerrang magazine has blood dripping from its font to have a horror vibe and try to appeal to people who have a strong interest in that scene. Some magazines use cartoon fonts to appeal to younger children, these are normally found on comics etc. Higher "class" magazines will try and use handwriting fonts to make the vibe suffocated and upperclass.

3. A magazine can be seen for using a certain font can almost claim that font. An example of this is the Q magazine that uses one type of font through out the whole magazine. No other magazine does this but them.

Fonts I used

I got my fonts from dafont (http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=603) to use in my magazine. I used a style called script. Within that genre of font I used a font called 'Nirvana'. This font is used on the front cover right through the middle. 

As you can see that this font gives off a certain kind of vibe for the magazine. The font is used by the band that's why I used it. The font is typically used in establishments with money behind it. For example, Barnes real estate company uses the same font as my fictional band. Granted, this company has nothing to do with music but it gives you a example of a rich company using my font. 

For my title on the front cover I used a very bold font and colour to make it easy to read and recognize. I also got this font from dafont ( http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=503 ) in the 'basic' sub genre of fonts. This font falls under the 'fixed width' sub sub genre and is called 'Jane'. I dont know why its called that but hey ho. It has basic features. Its bold, black and stand out on a shelf. I wanted this font to symbolize the magazine. Big, bold and in your face. 

As you can see above that half the text is covered but the actors head. Most modern day magazines do this to fully use all the space available on the page. The aim here is that most people already know what brand your magazine is and therefore don't need to show all the title.

As you see from above Rolling stones magazine front cover title is almost completely covered up. If you didn't already know what this magazine is called then you would struggle to guess the name. I wanted to achieve this affect and I think I have. Not all of the title is covered up so fans of the magazine still know its LAME but just enough to completely use all the space available.