Critical analysis of a Radar magazine

article.

Here the use of the large block capital slab-serif

title immediately informs the reader on what the

article is about and does so in a clean, clear way.

The use of the drop capital follows certain conventions of a magazine article and also places emphasis

on the beginning of the text.

Line spacing-fairly standard

Freehand style font on sticker -informal and ‘indie’

Here the use of geometric sans-serif font for the pull quote makes it stand out from the bulk of the text

whilst also corresponding to the simple, professional and clean look that the rest of the layout has. Here,

the letter spacing is different to the ‘Everyone’s talking about...’ header. the spacing is much closer together on the pull quote. This could be to give a more natural feel and not detract from the large

header. Also the large spacing used for the header allows the white text to stand out nicely against the

black background.

The title of the article has been put in bold - increases the impact on the reader

aesthetically and emphasizes the fact that it is the main title of the article. This also tends to be the first element of the layout (apart from

the main image) that attracts the readers attention.

Clever use of colour to make certain words stand out from the normal black,

white and grey text. This draws the reader’s eye and places emphasis on the

subject, in this case Alex Turner.

Comparison

In contrast to the previous article this is more flamboyant and elegant approach to typography.

Similar to script style font

Monospaced font which contrasts nicely with the main title of the article. This is also

similar to typewriter which could

have retro connotations.

Quite a high line contrast

Drop capital used (possibly Rockwell style)