Masthead decisions

Masthead decisions

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  I researched thisfont as a possibility for my masthead however it didn’t reflect my music magazine theme (alternative R&B). The acid dripping font represents the horror(film) genre rather than my chosen genre. I had initially thought that I would used this as it was different from the typical masthead fonts used on real media texts as my magazine is named ALT ; alternative (different) which was the idea behind the concept. I also thought that this font would be attractive to my target audience as it is quite youthful and my target audience is for teens to young adults. I made the choice to go with this font from dafont.com as i think that it represents my idea of incorporating fashion / art as well as just having alternative R&B music as a lot of current music magazines include culture (fashion /art etc.) in their magazines. The paint texture shows the creativity.
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  I inserted mychosen font by clicking edit and then paste. I then pressed Ctrl + T to resize the image to ensure that the image doesn’t become distorted. I then added blending options to my fonts : • Bevel & emboss • Texture • Stroke • Inner shadow • Inner glow • Satin • Outer glow • Drop shadow I experimented with a range of blending options to add dimension and texture to the font to make it less flat and more two dimensional. It also makes my magazine appear more legitimate as this is seen in most media text.
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  I received feedbackon my choice of font. My media teacher said that the font I have chosen was too soft for the rest of my magazine as I had strong bold fonts on my front cover and the quality of the font wasn’t good (blurred). So i decided to change the font. My media also suggested that i changed the name to EGO however i don’t believe that the name works for my magazine style. I also removed the full-stops from the name. The fonts here didn’t work for the style of my magazine as they were overly simple or futuristic.
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  When researching icouldn't find a font that i thought worked for my magazine. I looked at ID magazine (a real media text) and I liked the way the font looked and the magazine style is similar to my magazines style. I researched on dafont.com and fontspace.com and found a font that worked for my magazine. I received feedback after changing my font and I the majority said that they believed that the font worked better for my magazine. My magazine has block fonts and boxed text so the font I found compliments the rest of my magazine.