The document discusses font usage in pop magazines. It notes that pop magazines typically use a signature font for main headlines and sections to make the magazine easily recognizable. This font is usually featured most prominently on the front cover. The signature font is also often used for article titles and sections within the magazine to maintain brand association. Additionally, pop magazines typically use a simple, easy-to-read font for body text throughout the magazine to ensure readability. Font choices aim to appeal to the target audience and communicate the magazine's style and personality.
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Font analysis
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The front cover of We love Pop
uses their signature font
throughout of all the main selllines. This consists of an upper
case font that fills in the gaps
letters such as B and O. This
font is very unique and clearly
recognisable. This allows the
reader to instantly recognise
the font as from We love Pop.
This emphasises the
importance of using a unique
signature font for the main
and largest text. This allows
the brand identity to be clear
and evident. It also allows the
reader to link the font with the
magazine and instantly
recognise it as from We love
Pop magazine.
The signature font features
the most on the front cover as
sell-lines of pop magazines and
the titles of the articles inside.
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It is evident from the snippets of a We Love
Pop contents page that the font used is the
same throughout the articles. This allows
the symbiotic link be maintained
throughout the magazine. The font used is
also simple and basic to allow it to be clear
and easily readable. The signature font is
also featured in this contents page but not
as much as on the front cover. This again
allows the symbiotic link to be maintained
and allows the contents page to be easily
recognised by the target audience.
It is clear that pop magazines use a
signature font for their main sell-lines and
headings to make the overall magazine
easily recognisable. Also, that the main
body of text in the magazine uses the a
simple and easy-to-read font that features
throughout the magazine. These fonts
allows the magazine to draw in the TA
when they see the fonts as they know the
articles will be easy to read and wont be
put off by the amount of text.
4. From analysing the fonts from We Love Pop, it is
clear that pop magazines pick fun, feminine yet
simple texts that are easy for the target audience to
read. Therefore, I am going to use a simple as clear
font for the main text throughout my three pieces. I
will also pick a suitable font from Dafont.com that is
unique and will be easily recognisable to the Target
Audience. This will be used as the magazines
signature font and will help add to the overall
personality and Brand Identity of the magazine.
5. Ultimately
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These three font styles are my final three
options for the masthead of my magazine.
Each font is unique and different and will
stand out on my front cover and emphasise
the magazines brand identity. However, I
think the 1st option will appeal more to the
target audience as it is brightand eyecatching. By putting the pink on black
rather than black on pink it makes the
masthead stand out more and will be
instantly recognisable to the TA. It is more
visually appealing to the TA and will
instantly catch their eye on the magazine
stands. The main font is called Cheri. This
will be the signature font used in my
magazine. It will be used for the masthead,
main sell-lines and article headings. I chose
this font because it is fun, quirky, girly and
unique like my magazine. This font
successfully emphasises the style and
personality of my magazine.