MastHead Ideas for Pop Magazine & Most Expensive Font in the World

Macaroni & Cheese

I have decided to call my magazine 'Shuffle'. I have chosen to use this out of the other three choices, as it is the most relevant to the genre of music I am focusing on, pop. I feel that using this as the Masthead, it is easy to remember and viewers are likely to approve of the title and will want to read the magazine. 'Shuffle' signifies a process in which you can do when you listen to music. What it does is randomly choose songs for you and plays them one after another, so the name of my magazine would be related to music. By choosing this name, I feel it will stand out on the front page and will grab the attention of the right target audience I want.

I decided to try out different fonts and my first font I tried was 'Handful of Nothing'. I choose this as a possible font to use as I feel it makes the word stand out more. If I was going for more of a rustic look, this would be a good font to use. I think by using this font, it would appeal to a older teenager rather than a younger one. The over all design of the font would make my magazine individual and make it stand out from the other already existing pop magazines. The next font I decided to test was 'DJB Starry Starry Font'. I thought that this could be a possible/suitable font as it has the shapes of stars running throughout it and to the viewer, the celebrities which will be included in my magazine will be stars to them and therefor they will think that the celebrities involved in the magazine are well known and in the eye of the public a lot. Another font I decided to test is called 'Billo'. I think this is a suitable font to use as it is bold and stands out. If it was featured on a front page it would grab the viewers attention and would make the magazine look upbeat and well designed rather than something boring and un-interesting. I feel that this writing is a form of bubble writing and it fits in well with the genre of music I am doing. The final font I tried out was ‘Macaroni & Cheese’. I have chosen to use this font as my main font for my masthead. I have decided on this as I feel it it most suited to the target audience I am going for and will give me a good theme to run throughout the magazine. I have also created the masthead with the colour I am going to use and I feel the colour I have chosen is appropriate for my magazine and creates a good look to my front page.

 I have also tried out a number of colours for my Masthead. However I have came to the decision that the colours used on the final title would be the best colours to use. I have coloured the first and last letter of the word 'Shuffle' to a hot pink colour to make it relate to my target audience. I feel these are suitable colours to use as blue symbolises youth, truth and peace which will appeal to my target audience as they are young and will want to read something which is true and down to earth. Pink connotes unconditional love and energy. and by including this on my Masthead, viewers may feel the magazine will contain something interesting and a fact they do not know about. The unconditional love will be from the viewers and what they have for the artists which will be featured in my magazine and the energy part will show that my magazine is packed with information and lot's of detail.

The type of font, which is used for a title, is very important and makes a huge impact on the magazine overall. If the wrong font is chosen, this could cause the whole magazine to fail and not be accepted by the general public. Many people are specific in what fonts they use and will pay excessive amounts for them. While doing research i found that the font 'Lexicon ‘is one of the most expensive fonts you can buy. It comes in at around $391 for a single cut or $4,996 for the entire family. This shows just how important font is in order to make things work and be successful.