Main coverline fonts These are the fonts I looked into using for my music magazine’s main coverline, including my final choice.
Main coverline fonts 1
Main coverline fonts 1 - evaluated
This font style is very cool, forward thinking, and stylish. The way that the characters are formed by their shadows alone is an intriguing choice, which really allows the reader to access the coverline in a completely alternative sense, mirroring the genre of music my magazine will focus on. A concern is that as this text is in a particularly alternative style, it may not be hugely readable, especially when placed over the main image, with a nonconsistent background.
Artistic is the word that comes to mind when examining this font, it is abstract, and inconsistent, which makes for a creative look that would definitely be welcomed on my magazine cover- the audience are a creative and inspired set of people, who see design in everything. However, it may be too artsy in style, making it less accessible, less decidedly a music magazine, and less appropriate for the genre of music- the magazine is not Avant-garde in style.
This font appears to be more similar to a sans serif font than the others I have selected to evaluate, which would really be an unexpected twist on my previous design ideas- I had envisioned a serif font for my main coverline to differ from the sans serif masthead style. There are still accents in this typeface however; a strikethrough effect has been used, when I saw this, immediately I understood a connotation of a rewind feature, in that it looks like it is being dragged backwards, this would be fitting for a music magazine- rewind has musical implications.
Main coverline fonts 2
Main coverline fonts 2 - evaluated
This is not dissimilar to font style 2, in that it has artistic connotations, although this time the text is easier to read, and neater in its formatting, which also aids its overall translation into a music magazine. With this variation though, It may give the front cover too much of an amateur feeling, and not express the level of professionalism I am trying to achieve throughout my magazine.
This rough and undone looking capitalised typeface might be just what I have been looking for. It is a statement feature, that almost appears to have been scrawled in marker pen, which will connote an effortless, unedited, original feel to the front cover of my magazine, without giving off too much of a rock vibe, and confusing the genre- it has not gone so array that it is inaccessible or gothic looking. It achieves a balance between the crude graphic look, and the stylish serif font. I like this typeface a lot.
I like this style a lot, it appears to have been created using a sort of dry-brush technique, as the characters are scratchy, and ill formed. The accent of the underline below the ‘o’ provides a real uniqueness and individuality, and the whole font upholds this, whilst also having connotations of the rough, undone look I found in font 5. This font is actually extremely similar to font 5, but I worry that this version is far less readable and accessible for the reader.
Main coverline fonts - my final choice
This is the typeface I have chosen to include on my music magazine cover, in the form of its main coverline. It is edgy, and contrasts really effectively with the neat, ordered sans serif style of my masthead. The two will work together to exemplify the genre of the magazine, and to explain the diversity of the different styles of music that will feature within the magazine, the sharper font in the masthead representing the modern, innovative electronic style of music included, and the looser, ‘less designed’ looking font of the main coverline will express the more indie rock, alternative styles alongside this. This choice will greatly extend the indie appearance of my magazine’s cover.