The document discusses options for the masthead design of a rap-styled magazine. It considers targeting audiences aged 16+ and choosing a bold, catchy font like "Inner City" that looks urban and suited to younger readers. While this font captures the rap style, the document recommends a simpler masthead like "REAL" with exaggerated serifs for a plain, no-frills design informed by other rap magazine covers. Sample simplistic masthead designs are shown.

1. MASTHEAD DESIGNS
In this presentation, I will be reviewing exactly
what types of mastheads I can use for the front
cover of my rap styled magazine and why it
would be best to use this. The first thing to think
about would be who exactly is the target
audience? By doing a little research, the age
range of my audience is something similar to
around 16+ and therefore I decided something
bold and catchy would stand out.

2. Here are some fonts that I decided would be
effective to use for my masthead. The one font I
think might have been the most acceptable was
the “Inner City” one, just because the font looks
very urbanised and is most suited for the younger
generations (teenagers). It also happens to
appear like graffiti so this could be another good
reason to use for a rap magazine.

3. However, I wanted it to be a very simple
magazine, with not a lot of detailed fonts, so from
using other rap magazine front covers, I will
probably decide to use something similar to
“REAL” with the exaggerated serifs on the side.
It’s not too creative, however it is plain and
simple rather than having detailed 3D effects.
The 2 pictures below just show some ideas of a
simplistic magazine masthead, which I possibly
might use