Fonts mood board

When focusing on the font style that would be most appropriate for my music magazine, I have researched into the different styles and their names to gain a better understanding on the fonts that most interest me.

It is important that my magazine will have thorough, easily read articles. To produce this, the font will need to be of appropriate style so that the audience can understand what they are reading and have the ability to read the front cover from a distance when advertising the magazine. It also may be the case that individuals may have poor eye sight and struggle to find magazines that suit their disability. Producing a magazine that suits people from all ages will hopefully create a more achievable magazine.

Despite searching for a style of writing that is easily read, large and professional, I feel that a font that shows originality is also effective when acknowledging the young audience’s personal responses. As a 17 year old, I am taking opinions and ideas from my own personal interests and linking it in with what may be appropriate for an 18-28 year old. I often find that I am most enticed by a magazine/book that has unanswered questions and fonts that link in with the magazine genre or subject matter.

I have noticed that the majority of fonts chosen are bold, solid letters. By this, it is likely that when the audience studies the magazine, the first feature that they see will be the title. This means that I have the opportunity to create such a unique title which will hopefully persuade individuals to purchase the magazine.

As addition to using the fonts for the magazine Masthead, I will also create article subheadings, date lines, selling lines and pull quotes. All of these features will also be emphasised with bold, clear, unique font styles.

Due to creating a music magazine that is aimed towards the younger generation, I feel it is important that I include a variety of different font styles rather than just one. Having created a magazine for an elder audience, it would be more appropriate to keep to one font to prove professionalism within the magazine and show that it is reliable however, in a situation such as this, I feel proving change could keep the readers interest and involve creativity.