Magazine font research

I have researched different fonts which I believe would be ideal for my magazine title.

These two fonts are similar in the way that the letters are all capitals and they have an eroded affect. The letteres are also bold which will attract the viewer but the eroded affect makes it more interesting and not just bold black. The style of these fonts would fit well with a rock magazine.

This font is more elegant than the previous fonts; the letters are finer and thinner. The letters are quite curly and surrounding the letters is an eroded style background which makes the font look quite old and mysterious.

Here is another font with an eroded effect. However, the white parts are in the shape of palm leaves which portrays is as Summery. It would therefore go well with a beach style image. However, the letters are easy to read and I believe the palm tree patterns make it very interesting but it may only work with a certain style picture e.g. beachy.

This font is quite different to the previous ones. The letters are less bold and are not eroded. It is quite simple but has a glamourous style which means it would work well with the images I will be using.

This font is mainly lower case except for the first letters of the words 'Action' and 'Time'. It is also bold which makes it easy to read for the viewer. Furthermore, there are white lines in a scratched affect across each letter, making it interesting.

I like the eroded style fonts best because the size and boldness of them are shown in typical magazine fonts, while the eroded characteristics makes it more interesting and unique. I believe the 'beyond wonderland' font does not look very magaziney and looks quite magical and inappropraite. Similarly, the bellerose font has a different style to the others and looks like it would be better suited as a restaurant name font.

My favourite fonts are:

• Capture it
• California
• Action of the Time

So I will use one of these as my magazine title font. Before choosing the final font I will create the title in each of them and decide which is most attractive.

Out of these names I have decided to call my magazine 'decode'. I believe it is an appropriate name as it means to find the meaning of something, which magazines do by writing articles about events.

Here is the title 'decode' in each of the different fonts:

The first two fonts are the same but the background and font colour has been reversed. Each of these fonts looks effective being in black and white. However, I believe the california font (third down) is hard to read as the palm tree shapes replace gaps in the letters; this makes the name of the magazine hard to read. The fourth font is easy to read but can only be written in lower case letters which looks less sophisticated than the first two. I believe the fourth font would consequently appeal to a younger audience and if it wasn't for the eroded affect, it may be seen on a childrens magazine. Therefore, I will use the font 'capture it'.

The font with the background, however, will mean it cannot go across the image as it will block out anything behind. I therefore believe the first font will be most appropriate.

My magazine font