Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Drafting and planning

I have been researching different kind of fonts that are on my computer already, rather than from a website. When looking to design my masthead I discovered that the font 'Segoe UI Semibold' will be very effective as it is bold and has clarity. This will suggest that the my masthead will be eyecatching as the font is very plain yet in contrast, in your face.

Here's an example of how my masthead could potentially look if I use 'Segoe UI Semibold':


I researched into this because the use of fonts on all magazines seem to be different depending on the genre. I am inversing the stereotype of a rounded font by using Segoe UI Semibold because mixmag and DJ both use curlier fonts... However, I like this font as it is straight cut - it makes the magazine appear like it'll be straight to the point. This font is more of an NME type style rather than DJ...

Using this style will make my magazine seem like a world wide sensation because it has a connection to this majorly popular magazine. On one hand this is good because it shows that I'm following the conventions of one style of music magazine. However, by not following my music genre could evoke problems when I go to construct my magazine. I may need to further research into fonts. 


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