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RESEARCH OF FONTS
Ruqayyah Opeolu
o I chose ‘My Girl Is Retro’ font from ‘Dafont’ website which was really effective as I selected all my desired fonts from only that particular website. As the font is called Retro, which means an initiative or style, this is what I want my magazine to portray- style and music.
o As ‘Savrao stencil’ is purely Sans Serif, this appealed to me as that’s I want the typography to be in my magazine. The design also looked different from any others which is effective as I wanted my magazine to stand out.
o ‘Crackvetica’, similar to ‘Savaro stencil’, was chosen for its Sans Serif typography and design. I wanted the cracks to represent the diversity of music in a positive manner and how it has evolved over the years.
o The design of ‘Urban jungle’ was chosen for its cool look which would be sure to attract customers for the magazine.
o ‘Prisma’ also has a cool design which was simple, but an attention getter nonetheless. With clean cut edges, ‘Prisma’ would give my magazine a crisp neat look which is always effective.
o When choosing ‘Empire straight’, I initially had the idea that it would be the number one choice for my masthead. However, when this was put into practice, the font was difficult to read from afar which is not effective as I would want my magazine to be recognizable from far distances, which is a convention of a successful magazine.
o Due to my love for the font, I considered using it for the coverlines. Again, when I put this into practice, it turned out to be horrible and unreadable.
o ‘Sandre regular’ was one of my favorites as it is a different font in which is not commonly used in music magazines.
o ‘Geomancy Extra Bold’ was not included in my favorites as it did not look like it could be a masthead of a music magazine with its simple design that did not stand out from the rest of the fonts.
o At the end, I decided to use ‘Sandre Regular’ as my masthead as it is bold and not frequently used in music magazines, which means my own magazine would be remembered for its font.
o For the coverlines, I decided to go with ‘Prisma’ and ‘Crackvetica’ as even though they did not look too good as the masthead, they did the job for the coverlines as they did not need to be as extravagant as the masthead.
