Font Possibilities

In this blog I am going to be discussing all of the fonts i am considering for my magazine front cover and body text, all of the fonts I am going to be analysing are from http://www.dablog.com/. The first font I am considering is the one on the left which is known as blockface. This type is simple and therefore could be useful on my front cover when considering things such as sub headings and headline stories. The text in itself I feel represents the dance music genre. This is due to its technological feel and modern style. If i was to use the text, it would be of a different colour, such as green which would be more suitable. Possibly it could also potentially look better with a green glow coming around the outside of it but this is something I would have to edit myself.

This is the font I am considering for my main title on the front cover of the magazine. I like the idea of it because the design, again is suited to the dance industry. The font instantly stood out to me because it is named clubland which is obviously a type of music from within the dance music genre. It also looks as if it is made up from lots of light bulbs which links in nicely with my magazines name which is obviously named after the strobe light. I am also planning on using this font for my contents page.

This is a font I came across that I think will again be best suited for my front cover. When considering what article/picture to put onto my front page I did some research into dance music artists and had a look at thier logos/fonts etc used on magazine and CD covers. I noticed that artists such as tiesto, darren styles, all keep the same fonts on all of thier products and very rarely change them. Therefore the DJ who is going to be headlining my magazine is a fictional artist called " DJ SKULL KANDY", I will be using the above font for DJ SKULL KANDY all the way through my magazine when using his name.

All of my fonts above are as a result of a survey I conducted with consumers of the dance music magazine genre. These were the most popular and therefore I will be using them in my magazine. I conducted the survey so that I can be certain my magazine would appeal to my target audience, as I believe strongly a magazine should be based upon what the consumer wants to see to be successful in the market.

To ensure I was making the right decisions I compared my fonts with the fonts from mix-mag which obviously has a heavy influence on the production of my magazine. I was sure to not differ my fonts to vastly from mix-mags because it is a popular magazine within the dance industry and this is how I would like my magazine to be. Therefore all of the fonts above that have been analysed are popular within the target audience due to the survey and similar to mix mag which is already successful.