This document summarizes and compares the front cover designs of three magazines: Clash, Q Magazine, and Kerrang Magazine. For Clash, the summary notes that the typography is bold and centered, targeting a more mature audience than Kerrang. For Q Magazine, the headline changes depending on the issue but follows a red, black, and white color scheme. For Kerrang, the broken typography conveys rebellion through punk and rock music. All three magazines position the main image centrally and use limited fonts and colors to avoid distraction.

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Front Cover

2. Clash Magazine

3. Clash’s typography is very bold
and large centred at the
top of the page. This an
opposite of kerrang as it is
a solid colour and not
broken up. This would be
because clash is not a
music magazine based on
rock and punk therefore
the same attitude towards
music does not apply. Clash
is not primarily and
singularly a music
magazine it is also a fashion
and film magazine so the
attitude is more grown up
and less rebellious as the
target audience is very
different.

4. The main image/ subject on Clash from
cover is mostly large and in the centre
whether it be a band or singular artist.
This is because they are know that
audiences are more attracted to pictures
than blocks of text. This is more of a
marketing technique rather than a
convention of the clashes audience. The
other reason they are positioned like this
is because the front cover bands are
usually well known people for example if
Kings of Leon was on the front cover
people who are fans of the genre would
quickly recognise him as one of the usp's
of this magazine and be more inclined to
buy it rather than say Kerrang or another
music magazine. The background is
almost always a solid or simple block
colour with maybe a fade effect if the text
becomes unreadable.

5. The cover lines of clash
are almost always
positioned quite close
underneath the title
however unlike other
magazines they do not
feature a few lines
from said article just
the article name,
something short and
snappy too instantly
get the readers
attention.

6. A splash is used in most
instances for an extra
incentive to buy. For
example free posters and
is normally in a circular
shape at the lower corner
of the screen or upper
corners.

7. There are normally only 3-4 text
fonts used on a front cover to
keep it simple and not messy.
This because audiences are easily
distracted. The texts used on
Clash are all white keeping with
the more mature attitude toward
music than kerrangs teenage
rebellious attitude.

8. Q Magazine

9. The headline for Q does not follow the
convention a regular magazine due to its one
letter. Due to this it is positioned at the top left
of the magazine and changes size and
orientation depending on the issue. For example
when muse are featured it is slightly larger and
rotated at an angle with cracks going through it
imitating the attitude that muse have. This is
very similar to kerrang. However when Adele is
featured it fits perfectly in the corner with no
cracks with a prefect contrast to the snow white
background she is placed on.

10. The cover lines on Q follow the
magazine signature colour
scheme of red black and white.
Occasionally they will mix it up
depending on which artists
feature in that issue. They are
bold and red mostly with black or
red article teasers. This is to catch
the attention of the readers and
because it's almost telling them
you should look here, due to the
cover lines being bold, they do
this as Q editors know the
audience they are appealing to.

11. A splash is used in most
instances for an extra incentive
to buy. For example free posters
and is normally in a circular
shape at the lower corner of the
screen or upper corners.

12. There are normally only
3-4 text fonts used on a
front cover to keep it
simple and not messy.
This because audiences
are easily distracted.

13. Kerrang Magazine

14. Firstly kerrangs headlines
typography is that connoting
the genre. Is broken and
shattered. This conveys a
certain attitude of which this
magazine is known for, it's
rocky and punk music genre.
For another point these
genres are associated with
rebellion and breaking the
rules. This again backs up the
reasoning behind kerrang
using a broken font as it is
breaking the conventions
(rules ) of most magazine
front covers.

15. The main image/ subject on kerrangs
from cover is always large and in the
centre whether it be a band or singular
artist. This is because they are know that
audiences are more attracted to pictures
than blocks of text. The other reason they
are positioned like this is because the
front cover bands are usually well known
people for example if Brendon Urie was
on the front cover people who are fans of
the genre would quickly recognise him as
one of the usp's of this magazine and be
more inclined to buy it rather than say Q
or another music magazine. The
background is almost always a solid or
simple block colour with maybe a fade
effect if the text becomes unreadable.

16. The cover lines on kerrang follow the
magazine signature colour scheme of
red black and white. Occasionally they
will mix it up depending on which
artists feature in that issue. They are
bold and red mostly with black or red
article teasers. This is to catch the
attention of the readers and because
it's almost telling them you should look
here, due to the cover lines being bold,
they do this as kerrang editors know
the audience they are appealing to.

17. A splash is used in most
instances for an extra
incentive to buy. For
example free posters
and is normally in a
circular shape at the
lower corner of the
screen or upper
corners.

18. There are normally only
3-4 text fonts used on
a front cover to keep
it simple and not
messy. This because
audiences are easily
distracted.