Font and Colour testing

Regional Magazine

What I will do...I am going to consider and choose between many different titles and colours in order to decide which ones will be the most suitable for my magazine, and which ones will work well together. I want to create a sort of ‘vintage’ and timeless theme throughout my magazine as I feel that Brighton has a very good vintage background and scene. There is a wide range of cafe’s/restaurants, independent record shops, and quaint antique stores where you can purchase old items.

I will consider how the fonts will look against each other and decide whether they will suit my theme. I will look online and install different fonts onto my computer to use for my magazine pages which will give me more of a varied range of fonts to choose from.

Title for my magazine??I have decided to call my regional magazine for ‘Brighton On the Beach’ because I feel that it has a catchy ring to it, and that it flows quite nicely. However, the title is quite long and I feel that it might cause problems when making the front cover due to not having room to display the name or such. I like this name because I feel it portrays the biggest attraction that Brighton has to offer, and what the seaside resort is known for. The name is unique and not something generic, and I think that it has a good ring to it in which would stick in people’s minds.

-Brighton Lifestyle

-Vintage Brighton

-The light of Brighton

-Brighton’s Past

-Brighton On The Beach

Possible Headline of magazine

I have chosen several fonts in which I think would suit my magazine title the best. I feel that they all have a vintage feel to them as they are in a quite old fashioned style of font. I like all three fonts and I would find it hard to choose just one for the main title.

I feel that the font looks effective in monochrome, as it looks as if it is in a state of decay which would be effective for my magazine.

Colour of headline?

I have made the headline many different shades of blue, and also red and black. I am going to choose the black headline because it will stand out more from the magazine cover if presented on a plain surface. If not, I will choose the bright red colour

HeadlineI feel that this text portrays the vintage theme of my magazine well, as it is shown as a gritty type of text, and it looks worn out showing a worn or torn look. I think this text would also look good next to my pier photography and combine together because it portrays a similar quality and links in well with the rustic and dated theme.

I have experiemented with all of the chosen colours with the font named ‘Accord SF Italic’ in which looks quite vintage and suits the theme of my magazine. I feel that this would be a suitable font for my headlkine because it stand out, is clear to read and is quite attractive looking for a font. I feel that the black style would be most suited for the headline, as it is bold and classy.

Font for subheadingsI have chosen some different fonts that I like the look of for the possible subheadings of my magazine. Here, I have also liked the vintage style fonts which would suit the style of my magazine well.

Typewriter fonts are extremely easy to read, and it is an iconic past look for font and typography. I feel that going with a simple typewriter fonts will go well for my magazine’s look overall.

Courier new

COURIER NEW.

DejaVu Sans Mono

OCR A Std - Brighton on the beach

Consolas – Brighton on the beach magazine

Lucida Sans Typewriter -

Thinking about colour choices

Black – bold for titles so that it stands out, power, elegance, strength

Red – would show energy, passion for vintage,

Blue – trust, could show you can trust us by finding the best vintage items, honest, smart and clean cut

Playing around with colour

I want to keep the colour scheme minimalist as possible because I feel that this is the most stylish approach. I don’t want the colours to be too shocking for the reader’s eye so the colour of the font that I will be applying to my magazine will be black for the main title, to stand out from the background.

I will use blue, black, white and red as the main types of colours for my magazine, as I feel that blue is a very nautical and a colour that relates to the seaside, and the red will give the magazine a slight pop of colour.

Final colour scheme, fonts and titlesI have chosen these types of fonts because I feel that they work together, as they have similar styles. They are in typewriter styles and have a vintage feel to them which goes well with the vintage theme.

Courier New Bold Italic

Courier New Bold

Courier New Bold Italic

OCR A Extended Regular

Accord SF Regular

Orator Std Medium