For my front cover, contents page and double page spread I used a total of three fonts. Thesewere:
I managed to choose these fonts by doing a lot of research, this was mostly done by testing them out on the pages to see if they suited the magazine. The first font in which I looked for is one which could be used for the masthead and tag-line, this was Birth Of A Hero, I chose this font because I felt it fitted the genre of the magazine and one of the main reasons in which it looked the best in my opinion. The font is a bit different, loud and shows creativity therefore it suits the genre of my magazine as well, this will allow the target audience to like it as well. This font is able to appeal to my target audience because of this and it is also one which they will easily remember so each time they see it they are able to think of R ' N ' R magazine. I also looked at the magazines in which I chose to analyse earlier on in my blog and got good ideas of the, as you can see from below that the NME masthead is similar to mine although different font it is short and in the top left of the front cover, this was done as the NME target audience is similar to mine therefore people who are looking to buy the NME magazine may come across mine and also like the look of it.
The second font I chose is called Alte Haas Grotesk, this was used for things such as the main sells and the sub-head on the front cover and in the contents it used occasionally and finally in the double page spread it is used for the main text. I chose it simply because it is simple and easy to read, it's job isn't to stand out unlike Birth Of A Hero, it is their so that the readers can understand what is being said and so that they don't get confused and complicated. From the magazines in which I analysed earlier in the blog you can see which they also use this basic writing in which the readers are able to simply read it without them trying to be all fancy, this is where I got my idea from. As you can see the subhead and the strap-line all have basic writing.
The third font in which I used for my magazine is called Boris Black Bloxx, I used this font so that the information can stand out so it is the first thing in which the audience notices when looking at magazines. To choose this font I looked at many different big magazines to get ideas on what fonts they use for things such as the main flash, seeing that it needed to be a big bold font I decided that this one would be perfect. I used the magazines in which I analysed previously to get good ideas as well, as you can see from the image below, NME has used big bold writing for the information in which they want the audience to notice therefore making it stand out. This font will appeal to my audience as they will be able to see the big news and headlines straight away from looking at the magazine therefore knowing what they are going to get, unlike some magazines in where they could look at it and still not know exactly what is going to be in it.
The front cover flat plan is quite similar to the magazines in which I analysed in blog 3, I looked at many other front covers to get the right idea and the different ideas I could add to my cover. One of the main features of the front cover is the image, this is what will capture the audiences eyes as this will be one of the first thing they see, like the NME and Q magazines I analysed they make the image the main feature, so therefore this is what I have tried to do. Like the magazines I analysed I have made sure I've kept the main sells on the left hand side so it doesn't inervere with the image, this allows the readers to be able to read exactly what the main sells are and also be able to see the main image. Like all good magazines the main flash is in the middle of the front cover linking in with the image, this allows the reader to be able to look at the main flash straight away and know what it is about straight away. Another way in which my magazine front cover links in with the magazines is that the masthead is on the top left side, this is so that as you read from left to right it allows the readers to read the masthead easily, similar to the magazines I analysed is that there is a tag-line under the masthead, this will be done in every issue as it supports the masthead and the personality of the magazine, it also allows the readers to understand what exactly the masthead stands for. Unlike the magazines I analysed, the strap line in my flat plan runs along the bottom of the page, on the NME magazine I analysed the strap line is at the top of the page, I decided to place my stap line on the bottom of the page as it will be too crowded at the top of the cover and I didn't want my target audience to get confused.
