COVER LINE FONTS

From the analysed front covers, I have decided that I want a total of four fonts in the front cover; one for the title, which has already been decided, one for the name of the music artist, which is yet to be decided, and then two for the cover lines. I want to use a thick font for the main cover lines, and a thin font for the sub cover line.


Here are the thick fonts, and the thin fonts. The reason I tested the number 300+ in the fonts, is because one of my cover lines is '100+ best albums of 2010'. Originally, I chose to use the third thick font, but when it was put onto the actual magazine, it was not thick enough and was not prominent enough to be a main cover line of a magazine front page. I then attempted to use the second thick font down, but this still was not thick enough to be a prominent cover line. So I decided on the thickest font on the page, which was the last thick font, named ‘Sans Black’.

These thin fonts are for the little bit of text below the thick writing cover lines. Originally, I had decided on the last thin font to use on my front cover, but once this font was written in a smaller font size, on the front cover, it looked absurd, and was simply impossible to read. As the size of the font decreased the text began to look more disfigured. So I decided to use the first thin font, but the thickness of this font was too much, it looked bold and did not look too different to the other fonts on the front cover. So I decided to use the third thin font because it was not too bold, and at the same time, it was not too thin to read. This font is called 'Eras Light ITC'