This masthead is definitely effective, seeing as it is black, bold and in capital letters. The fact that the ‘V’ is a triangle makes this font stand out, give the masthead some character and make it look slightly peculiar. Triangles, for some reason, are also often linked to alternative or indie music, so this would be a suitable masthead for my magazine. It’s not my favourite though. This is my own, hand drawn font.

This font is very noticeable, especially because of the thick black outline. The inside could be filled with several colours, or a different solid colour for every issue of the magazine. For me, this font reminds too much of American high school logos and would probably be more suitable for a high school sport magazine or so. I definitely won’t use this one. I got this font off a font website and copied it by hand with black marker.

I really love this tie dye effect and think it looks amazing and appealing. It stands out and catches the readers’ eye because of all the colours used, including yellow and green. This would be a very quirky masthead and possibly a little bit TOO colourful for an alternative music magazine. It would probably be more suitable for a pop magazine or a lifestyle magazine. I feel this is not the right one for my magazine. I got a colour of tie dye on the internet and painted this font myself.

I really like this one a lot! The font is called ‘Broken Glass’ which I found on a font website (dafont.com). I love the way it looks and I like the effect of broken glass being stuck back together. It has no particular association or relevance to the alternative genre but could be interpreted of having to do with its history- the rise and fall and rise again of alternative. Broken and stuck back together. It may connote the major changes that have happened in this genre. But mainly, I just think it’s different from most mastheads of music magazines, which tend to be more simple and plain. It has character about it and is easy to recognize and remember. It could also be coloured in several ways. I would either leave it just black and white, or apply several different shades of different colours to it.

This font also looks very effective. It looks very ‘vintage’ style which is often seen in the style of indie and alternative. It looks like a professional publication masthead. This would be my second choice if I don’t use the ‘Broken Glass’ font.I may still use this font for my two page spread article though, seeing as I really like it.

Here is another font I did by hand from imagination. I like the look of it, but feel it is just too small and slight for a masthead. I’d prefer something bolder and something that stands out more.