Font Research

When construcitng my font research, I felt it was neccessary to analyse the fonts already in use in existent professional magazines. I did this to ensure form my magazine, I will choose a font which correctly fits in with the forms and conventions associated with the specific genre of my magazine as well as what would fit in well with other professional products.

Rocksound

When looking at this font, it is both bold and thick which clearly attracts attnetion to it. It is slightly distorted which helps signify the genre of music represented within the magazine, as it suggests an edgy and alternative kind of music thus conforming to the ideology.

Kerrang!

When looking at this font, it is similar to Rocksound as it's both thick and bold which instantly grabs the attention of the audience. This font is also both eroded and distorted which helps fit in with the forms and conventions associated with the rock/indie genre. With the font style being like this, it again shows a more edgy and alternative sound to music which goes with the genre of music featured within my magazine.

Overall

After looking at professional fonts, I went and researched some of my own using dafont.com which contains a variety of fonts. The fonts below are the fonts in which I felt fit in with the forms and conventions associated with the specific genre in which my music magazine focuses on.

Below are a list of fonts which I felt represented the genre of music which I intend on portraying in my magazine. I've took screenshots of using each font with my the title I intend on using for my magazine. 

You Are Loved

This font is taken from http://www.dafont.com/ and it was selected and found within the 'Eroded' section. When looking at this font, it creates a a rock type, derogotary and destuctive image which fits in well with the intended target audience of my magazine so will therefore represent the forms and conventions both efficiently and effectively.

Hard Rock

Again, this font is also taken from http://www.dafont.com/ and again was selected from the 'Eroded' section. I felt that the 'Eroded' section helped represent the genre of music associated with the magazine I intend on creating. This font is both distinctive and unique which clearly attracts audience appeal towards it. I've decided that I will use this font for my double page spread as I feel it shows the connotations clearly to the audience and is also distinctive in the process.

Broken

I found this font using http://www.dafont.com/ and was found in the 'Destroy' font styke section. The style of font is again slightly eroded, whihc therefore fits in well with the music genre of whihc my magazine intends to cover as it's edgy, distincive and creative. The 'cracks' featured in the font make it appealing and stand out amongst the other magazines. The font is of a professional standard, being simple to produce but being creative and distinctive in the process. I've decided that I will use this font for the sell lines as it will help attract attention and appeal towards them, giving them significance to the magazine.

84 Rock

This font was again found using http://www.dafont.com/ but was found under the 'Stencil, Army' section. It appears very similar to the 'Broken' style of font with 'cracks' appearing through this specific font giving it a more alternative kind of feel by having a unique and edgy feel to it. It is again both appealing and attracting to the audience. Therefore, I've decided I will use this font for my mast head as I wanted a font whihc clearly stands out andi belive that this font is distinctive enough to do that. 

VTKS Desgaste

Using www.dafont.com, I further found another font under the section titled 'Eroded'. This font shows clear connotations of what is expected of the genre of music associated with the magazine I intend to create. it appears both creative, which is what music is all about having a distinctive and creative side, and edgy which helps connote the genre well to the target audience. I've decided that this font will be used for the contents page mostly, having 'contents' itself written in this style of font. The splashes which feature on this specific font I think work really well with the font intended to be used in my magazine.