This post shows a variety of magazines of different genres and how they use different fonts that will be suitable for what their magazine promotes. I noticed how the magazines more often than not changed the colour of their font, depending on what their main feature colour was. This could be the main artist on the front cover or another celebrity. However, the actual font will stay the same as a way of identifying the magazine. This task proved to be helpful because I was able to see what kind of font would be suitable for my own music magazine and whether or not I should add certain features like serifs, italics, boldness etc.
What I noticed was that the colours of the fonts changed according to the featured celebrity and how it would be relevant. For example, the orange used for the 'Rolling Stone' magazine was used because the front page was of two cast members from 'Orange Is The New Black'. However, as you can see from the moodboard, the colours of the fonts didn't change all the time. The majority of the magazine covers kept their colour the same for each edition. This told me that it wasn't always the main celebrity that influenced the aesthetic of the magazine font.
Another thing I noticed was that fonts which included serifs were often used for more sophisticated magazines, such as 'Vogue' and 'Belle'. This told me that the use of serifs made the font appear more serious than fonts sans serifs, such as 'Top of The Pop' and 'Clash'. These fonts told me that the message for the readers was that their magazine was to be light-hearted and fun.
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