By Nicole Riley

Font itself is important when it comes to displaying information for people to read, in order to catch their attention. Different people may have different fonts connected to them, for example:

people who like Rock and Roll. And people who like Broadway Musicals.

With my magazine I have to consider the style of music I am going to portray which is indie music which can vary in styles of sound and try to fit that with the font that would best suit it.

Arial Black

DYNAMIC

LEAD SINGER TELLS ALL

NOW THAT THE BAND HAS

SPLIT WHAT WILL HAPPEN

Batang DYNAMIC

NEW UP AND COMING BOY BAND

HITS THE CHARTS

AND GO STRAIGHT TO NUMER ONE

Last years youth

Dynamic

NEW HIT ALBUM

RELEASED

AND IS ROKING THE

CHARTS BY GOING

STRAIGHT TO NUMBER

ONE

Miriam DYNAMIC

TOM GOES SOLO

THE LEAD SINGER TELLS US ALL

ABOUT THE BANDS BREAK UP

•Verdana•DYNAMIC•LOOKS LIKE LOVE IS IN THE AIR •HIT SINGER TOM MOORE THELLS US ABOUT HIS LOVE LIFE

•Haettensch

weile•DYNAMIC

•Up and coming new

band

•HEATS UP THE

CHARTS

•Kaiti•DYNIMIC

•The PURPOSES lead

singer tells all

•THIS IS HIM

OPENING UP TO THE

PUBILIC EYE ABOUT

HIS LOVE LIFE

•Red snapper•DYNIMIC

•TOM MOORE

•WORD EXCLUSIVE

INTERVIEW

•Dsnet

Stamped•DYNAMIC

•THE PUPOSE

•THE SOUND OF THE

SUMMER

•Ali

• dynamic

•THE PUPOSE

•Takes on the charts

•Post news •Dynamic

•TOM MOORE

•FEELING DOWN OVER

THE CONTANT

QUESTIONS

I wanted a fonts that really stood out so it would be eye catching. I went on dafont.comto find these fonts that I would use for my masthead, sell lines etc.

The different fonts are called; Arial Black

Batang

Last years youth

Miriam

Verdana

Haettenschweile

Kaiti

Red snapper

Dsnet Stamped

Ali

Post news

Even though there are some good fonts on dafont.com they are too artistic for my sell lines. I want something eye catching yet simplistic. Some of these fonts are from dafont.com and Microsoft PowerPoint. These are some of the fonts I will choose from for my sell lines:

Algerian sell lines

Last years youth sell lines SELL LINES

Bauhaus 93 sell lines SELL LINES Imprint MT Shadow sell lines SELL LINES Romance Fatal Serif sell lines SELL LINES

Dsnet title TITLE

Vermin Vibes eX sell lines SELL LINES

All of these fonts would look good for my sell lines as they stand out but they are still simplistic. They will grab a readers attention but they won’t be over emphasised. This is what I want for my music magazine.

I picked these fonts to possibly be the font for the masthead because they are all unusual and stand out. This is what I would like for my music magazine.

I think they look better in with red with a black or dark background as it stands out more but I’m not sure if the rest of my magazine will look good with a black background. I wanted a bright colour on the masthead as it shows the magazine is not boring because if I where to stick to dull colours such as white black or grey it wouldn’t drag the audience. I think I will go with the top font as it is bold, eye catching, and really represents the contents of the magazine.

DYNAMIC

DYNAMIC

Dynamic

This one looks the best the colour suites the magazine I'm look I'm going for for and making the text bold and adding shadowing creates a more 3d look. I think the bold but simple makes it more effective because it is similar to magazines like vogue or NME.

A music magazine would have a number of sells lines. A main one that is the first one a reader would notice and then smaller ones so the reader can have a glimpse of what is in the magazine without having to open it. I will probably have a different font for my main sell line compared to my smaller ones. These are some of the fonts I would pick for my main sell line which will be ‘Ellie may on her sell out tour’:

ELLIE MAY ON HER SELL OUT TOUR : last years youth

ELLIE MAY ON HER SELL OUT TOUR: adventurer black

ELLIE MAY ON HER SELL OUT TOUR : bolts sf

ELLIE MAY ON HER SELL OUT TOUR : red snapper

Think I will make my sell line white to create contrast to the dark background I will have and to contrast with the red title. I really

like the font at the top because it is bold, gives a hint on what the style of music is behind this sell line and it is simple and fits in

with theme of the magazine.

These are a few of the fonts that are from dafont.com and Microsoft PowerPoint that I would like for my smaller sell lines:

Summers top hot hits :last years youthSummers top hot hits :adventurer black

Summers top hot hits: bolts sfSummers top hot hits :red snapper

I like the top font as it would fit really well with the genre of music the article is about and even though it’s the same as the other sell line it will be written in smaller font allowing it not to be the main pull . The bottom one would do really well for the little sell lines that are also on the front of a magazine as well . Again it depends on the back ground whether these fonts will stay in the colour black. I could also put a border of colour around the letters allowing them to stand out.