An important part of my magazine is the typography I use one it. To get ideas about what fonts I should use on my magazine I went on a site called "DaFont" and looked at some of the fonts that were on there.
Fonts for masthead
When looking for fonts for my masthead I tried to look for bold fonts so they would stand out, however I also tried to look for fonts that worked with a rock music magazine, so things like eroded fonts.
One of the fonts I found that looked good was this one. I like it because it's fairly bold and stands out and it also matches the rock music genre of my magazine quite well. However this one may not be that good because of the back ground on each letter, this might make it difficult to work with as it's black and white, parts of it might end up being hard to see.
Another one I found was this one. This one is good because it fits the theme of my magazine very well and it looks really good. Also it is a lot more interesting then just plain font. However I probably won't use this font as it doesn't stand out very well and it's a bit too fancy to be a masthead font.
Unlike the last one, this one does stand out fairly well and still fits the rock music genre. It looks really good and is basically just block capitals made more interesting. However the white line inside each letter takes away the boldness of it making it stand out slightly less. Other than that, I like this font.
Another good font I found was this one. This one is really good because it stands out a lot and is in block capitals which for a masthead is great. The eroded effect on the letters make it look a lot more interesting and matches my magazine. I don't really like the way it makes the letters look however, for example the N in this isn't just a block capital N, the middle part has been put right at the top. Also the eroded effect is good but the way it's been done almost fades the letters. Overall I really like this font however.
This particular one I really like. It works very well, it's all in capitals and the letters are clear even with the eroded effect meaning it stands out fairly well and The eroded effect means it works really well with my genre of music. However the letters aren't that bold meaning they could stand out a bit more, but they still stand out well without being bold.
This is another really good one. I like how the letters are bold and all in capitals, this was one of the things I was looking for. I also like how they're not just plain block capitals but look more interesting by moving the letters in each word out of place. There is still a slight eroded effect which means it fits the genre of my magazine, however the effect isn't as noticeable as i would like.
I think out of these fonts I found i would probably choose on of the last two a there were nearly perfect, they stood out well enough, they were in block capitals, they matched the genre and they will probably be easy to use on the cover. The only real problem is, while I would like to use one of these, I had trouble when doing my Javis Cocker magazine task because I tried to use fonts from this site and for some reason they didn't work well at all on photoshop. Hopefully this problem can be resolved.
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