TYPEFACES FOR MAGAZINE COVER

This post includes all my planning for typefaces. This aspect of the magazine cover is vital as it represents the words you are trying to get across to the audience. Having a typeface is blue bubble gum writing for a horror magazine would be very unrepresentative and would not make sense. Choosing the right typeface sets off a vibe for the overall magazine and i will be researching to in the end have three typefaces for my horror magazine cover. From previous research i found three typefaces is a conventional number.

These typefaces below are the ones i found for my masthead.


This is a typical horror typeface. As soon as the audience see this as the masthead, regardless of what the masthead is, for example show reel, (which doesn't specify the horror genre), they can automatically link this to the horror genre. This typeface is perfect for indicting the genre if the name of the magazine does not.



This typeface reminds me of a cinima or a popcorn movie. It does also give a slight horror or medevil feeling becuase of its curved top half and its straightness along the bottom.

 

This typeface is very different from the others, which is why i chose it as an option. It reminds me of the horror movie 'The Ring' because the typeface used for that movie name is similar to this. It looks handwritten or as if it could be carved which is always a good effect.



This typeface is not as great as the others, its in a bubble type writing which does not give out the right message. If this was to be the typeface of my masthead, the audiences reaction to what the magazine is about may be a confused one. They may think its a horror magazine for children.



This typeface has a medevil vibe but also reminds me of the circus. Becuase of this, it may not be a suitable typeface for the masthead.



This is one of my favourite typefaces out of what i have found. its not too much, like the first typeface above, and you can tell that it is meant for a horror genre. it would suit well, its not too out there or much, it has a slant and flicks in the letters so its not to bold or masculine. This is definitely one of my options for the masthead.



This typeface is also one of my favourites and i am considering making it my masthead. it is a film reel with the name of my magazine running along it. I think this is very clever because it's visually representing the name of my magazine. If someone was to see this on the front of a magazine cover, they would not only automatically know that it's a film magazine due to the reel, but they will know it's a horror magazine because the word horror stands out, as the reel type design makes the overall word emphasised.



These following typefaces are for the other two additional typefaces i will be having on my cover. These typefaces will be used for the Skyline, footer (if i decide to have one), teasers, price,issue number, date, and cover lines as well as any other text.


Typeface 1



Typeface 2

 

Typeface 3



Typeface 4

 


Typeface 5

  

Typeface 6

  

Typeface 7

 These typefaces are all quite similar to each other. However I chose around 7 to have a good range of options. The bold Typefaces such as Typeface 2, 3, 5 and 7 all stand out because they are bold and thicker than the rest. They all have straight sides and edges which I looked for on purpose in order for it to differ from the masthead. I wanted these additional typefaces to be straight and have a more dominant look. Typefaces used for slogans, skylines, cover lines etc, must be easy to read. The genre will be obvious in the masthead, but more subtle in the cover lines and skyline because they are features and conventions of all types of magazines and i want my magazine to have general and popular conventions mixed with specific horror ones. For example a large dominant, simple image.
Typefaces 1, 4 and 6 are thinner; I would look to use this type of font for text such as price, issue number and date.