Masthead Creation

Here are some examples of popular music magazine mast heads. I like the idea of them all being quite plain and simple. This makes them easy to read on almost any background. I understand the reason for a large bold font for the magazine masthead, however I prefer the more subtle mastheads such as Billboard and the more artistically created mastheads such as the rolling stones example. I feel through creating a more original and unique masthead my magazine will stand out more successfully to the target audience. Thus potentially selling more copies and being more memorable.

Here is an example of fashion magazine mastheads. The fonts are all extremely similar and might even be the same font. I like the style of these mastheads and will look into doing something similar with mine creating a hybrid based on the styles of popular music magazines and feminine lifestyle magazine. This font is feminine and sophisticated which would make it appealing to women in social grades A-C1. Because mine is aimed mainly at younger women and males also, I would go for a more youthful typography style.

Experimenting with typography styles

Here are some fonts I found in examples of my masthead name I like these examples an I think I may use a similar style for my magazine front cover. This style is very similar to the fashion magazine mastheads.