Fonts

 To help us with our research we were given links to blogs from previous years. On one of these blogs was a link to a website of all different fonts, called dafont.com. Using this and a few fonts from Microsoft Word I created a collection of different fonts that I think will look good for my magazine. I was looking mainly for fonts I could use for the masthead, the main line on each of the three pages, and the fonts that tie in with these that would together go towards my house style. I want a font that would reflect my genre of indie rock, yet was still serious and sophisticated enough to appear in a magazine. I have also been inspired by the fonts used in other magazines in particular esquire, indie and NME. Taking what I have learnt from my analysis, I think using the bolder fonts from above as the masthead, and for the main lines is best as they are the most eye-catching. Also, a lot of these couldn't be used for smaller text simply because it it wouldn't be readable for the audience, as the reader won't read something that has been put in an awkward to read text. So for this i need a simple, clear, classic font that will fit in with the style and appeal to my audience by being aesthetically pleasing and practical.

I really like the informal, handwritten effect this font has.
It think it would fit my target audience well.

I like the faded style of the font, and
how its still readable

I like the bold, simplicity of these fonts.
It keeps the page
sophisticated yet still enticing.

I really like this font as  I think it represents my genre well and
 also is really attention grabbing. Everyone who looks at this page is
 immediately drawn to the words. 

Again, I like the informality of this font as
 well as the simplicity of the masthead.
It is exactly the kind of style I want for mine;
a simple bold mast head and more fun smaller writing

What I like from this cover is the
background writing. I like how its positioned and the large
simple font, that is a bit more formal.
So if at any stage I was aiming to appeal to the older people in my target audience (25 year olds) in a for a particular part, I would use this font.