Font choice

For the masthead on the cover page, I decided to use a standard "Times new roman" font as to not detract attention away from the effect I used for the letters in the name of the magazine. The effect I'm speaking of is the progression in size of the letters (increasing from left to right) this - added with the exclamation mark in italics; to make it slanted - created the desired effect of the word increasing in volume (thereby knocking over the exclamation mark). This was used in order to show the stereotypical view that the type of music covered by this magazine is usually played loudly. The font for the name of the band "Chasing Jane" was chosen as a particularly Gothic one to demonstrate the genre of the band; this is as it is a made up band; so people would not grasp this instantly. This font also reminded me of various fonts used for band names that I had seen in Kerrang! magazine. For the contents page, I chose to put the words "contents page" in a fiery font as it would quickly draw the attention of the reader (it was also put on a black background and put in fire-related colours in order to emphasise this effect). Through doing this I also hoped to make the title seem very powerful, and therefore make this page seem more important; I felt that fire captured this the best. For the double page spread the title was "inside Josh's Mind", knowing this, I chose a font that iterated this point. I also wanted quite a comical themed font, as the spread was a light-hearted and funny interview. Taking all of this into consideration, I picked a font that reminded me of an old horror movie, as this would bring out the comical side of the title. It also carried the "worn out" effect that I had seen used on numerous occasions in magazines of this genre. I feel that this was a success.