Magazine Typography

In real media texts, music magazines use a wide range of typography which often links back to the genre of music that the magazine focusses on. This mood board displays a range of music magazines of different genres. We can differentiate between them based on the way the word has been manipulated due to font, colour, size and also the use of italics, bold and serifs.

Looking at the mastheads that are on my mood board, it is evident that besides black and white, the most commonly used colour is red. I think that this is because red is a very bold colour however, it's still quite neutral. It is also very versatile as it suits many different genres of music and the fonts that go with it.


Vibe Magazine:

Vibe is RnB magazine. I feel that this masthead suits the music genre as it is bold and in the colour black. The title comes across as informal, this is due to the letter 'e' being the only letter which is not capitalized. This emphasises the fact that its for an RnB magazine.
     

                                                                                                      We Love Pop Magazine:

 

This is a pop magazine aimed towards a younger teen audience. The font which is used comes across as quite informal and casual, similarly to the first masthead as it is simple, bold and doesn't use features such as serifs. The colours used are black, white and pink which immediately confirms that it's aimed towards teens, particularly girls as pink is stereotypically a more feminine colour. The use of a heart to symbolise the word 'love' and the masthead inside of a text bubble emphasises the playful and fun nature of the magazine. The masthead alone says a lot about the style of magazine and the genre of music. This gives an insight as to what the magazine contains before the reader has even opened it.