Sunday, 17 March 2013

Selecting fonts

I used a free font website called DaFont to find the fonts I wanted for my magazine before downloading them.


For the title of my magazine I have used the font '28 days later'. It is a block/stencil print, sprayed effect font that looks intentionally messy and rough. I think this suits the magazine name 'envy' and it will resemble my target audience of women in their 'freedom years' who don't really care.

A font I'm using throughout my magazine for titles, headings, ect. is called 'LeviBrush'. This is similar to '28 Days Later' as it has an edgy, messed-up feel, except it allows lower-case letters to be used and is more free hand looking. It also has more of a brushed/splattered effect. I chose this font as it reminded me of a font used on the cover of the re-invented version of Company magazine - one of my style models aimed at a similar audience.

A font I have used for the name of my cover star is called 'Sunshine In My Soul'. I chose this font because it looks like handwriting, as if the cover star has signed the font cover of the magazine. I'm also using this font on my double page spread. It was difficult to select a specific handwriting font as there are so many to choose from that have different identities and looks. I chose this one as I felt the phrase 'sunshine in my soul' reflected the sort of persona portrayed in my interview with Amy and the pictures taken and this comes through in the style of the font.


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