Drafting and Planning: Investigating Typography

This is a magazine cover page created by my teacher, they are all the same except the cover story is written using different font styles. Each font sends a different message about the cover story. The one I dislike the most is style D because the old fashion font style doesn't match the message that the story is sending. It is also hard to read and does not match the urban demographic of the magazine. Style B was the one that I prefer the most above all because the emphasis that was put on the first letters adds clarity to the magazine and because of that it is easy to read. Style A to me is a bit messy as two fonts are used which, to me, creates chaos. Style A and F are quite flat and don't create clarity for the reader, they are also unflattering and unexciting. Style C uses Comic Sans and that was a huge mistake. Comic Sans is an immature font for children and not for professional music magazines. Style E reminds me of a thriller font and that does not suit with the urban message of the magazine.

This task will help me in the future as it helped me to distinguish between different types of fonts. This task also showed me that fonts are very important as they add to the theme of the magazine and help create a great outlook of the magazine. I realized that fonts have to be especially chosen and the typography for the magazine has to be thought through so that the magazine sends out the correct message to the audience.