Music magazine: font/name development

After deciding on my music magazine's name, i decided to do some font development to enable me to design the title that i would use on my completed magazine. As i plan to make my music magazine like NME, showing punk rock, alternative, indie, and other music genres that follow the same trend, i decided that when i thought of previously analysed magazines, i noticed that very bold, bright colours were used, and so i planned to do the same for my own. After testing simple fonts in black, making them italic, bold, and different sizes, i then went on to selecting my favourite fonts out from the ones shown on the left.

Following my previous font development, i chose to experiment with all the different colours and effects, looking at colours that were very bright as most people associate loud music with bold colours. Eventually, i decided that i preferred the titles with a drop shadow behind them, or another title placed behind it to give it a similar effect, but give a brighter shadow. I then chose the title that appears in the first column as number four.

This font - called Accent SF - stood out the most to me. Applying the same techniques to these designs, i decided that i could further the shadow effect by adding an additional title behind the other two, which is how i created the second and third design in column one, and the second design in column two. I chose red, blue and yellow as i thought they stood out the most, clashing, but creating a bright, and loud image. The fact that the colours crash reminds me and others of music festivals, where the louder the music, the better.

After the previous development, i decided on using this title as i thought that it would represent the genre of music that i want to include in my magazine. Loud, bold, unique, unusual, but interesting. Something different. I hope to place this title on either a blank page, or a black square so that the colours could stand out more.

Music magazine names.

In order to create my music magazine, one of the most basic things i need is a catchy name. My aim is to create one that can be easily remembered, following the example given by Kerrang!, NME, Q, and Rolling Stone. After thinking of some names, i have come up with the following name: TIP!

I thought this name would be good as it distinctly follows the music theme, automatically reminding people of things such as, speakers, and amps. I will now do some font research, looking at different colours, sizes, effects, fonts, experimenting with different things to complete my main title, and then go on to continue my research and preparation to create my own front cover.

27/09/10 - Magazine Titles

These are my first set of magazine titles, that i created on Adobe InDesign CS4. I created them all by experimenting with the effects, colours, and fonts. Using these designs for my title, i will create 5 or 6 more designs using design ideas from these, and combining them. This will help me to choose how my title will look, as i would have narrowed the options down. I like many of these designs, but quite a few are hard to read as they are not clear. Some are also two intricate for a school magazine. My title should be fairly easy to read, as it is not the focus of the magazine. The focus should be on the contents on the inside.

From the previous titles i have selected two and combined them to narrow down my selection. Using these six new designs, i will select my final title that i will use on my school magazine. I think that although these designs okay for a magazine, a few are still unclear and too intricate, so i will select the one that is clearest and easiest to read.

I have finished developing my title designs and have selected the above image as my final title as i think it is clear, colourful, but also quite simple. I also feel as though it is quite memorable, and eye catching. Through using stages, i have changed the font, the size, colour, alignment, and experimented with the many different effects available.