Intro page development...

Edited contents to make it fit in more with colour scheme

Contents maybe...?!

First attempt at a contents page. I didnt want it to look like a standard contents so I don't have page numbers.  The page titles will all be in order of appearance though.  

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I dont really like how either of these have turned out.  Therefore I have decided to place the actual magazine logo (instead of the edition name) on the front cover instead.  This will be better as it will make the magazine instantly recognisable if the logo is the same and in the same place in each edition.

Hmmmmmmmmm... =/

I seem to have spent so long experimenting with type that I know longer know what looks shit. But anyway... more playing about with spreads.

Still playing...

I decided to go with the type being printed over and over and over again on top of each other but done manually instead of just duplicating the type on illustrator.  This is how it came out.  Perhaps I should have kept going and made it more illegible... hmm

Developing my type...

Printing numerous times on top of each other

It's nice that

Fight or flight

Diagram I found on murphysedinburgh.com

Dunno the mag, like the type treatment

RayGun mag

Glamour Spread

I quickly looked at this spread because I thought the way the typography used was interesting.  

The header on this spread is on an angle and so is the subheader.  Together they seem to point towards the girl in the photo.  Furthermore, the subheader points downwards so could be directing the reader to read the body copy below it.  The header and subheader are both aligned with the text boxes below.  The photo of the woman in the spread is looking towards the article.  This helps to direct the reader to look towards and read the article.  The photography fully bleeds off the page.

The body copy is all left aligned and the two columns are quite short.  The typeface they have chosen is a serif, roman face which is easily read when using a smaller point size as well as when using a larger point size such as the size used in the subheader.

There is a drop cap which spans 8 lines.  This is quite large and it a cut out letter inside a block of solid colour.  The letter is on an angle and is aligned with the subheader.   

The page furniture is all situated in the top right corner of the dps.  It contains the magazine name, the article title and this specific feature title.  There are no page numbers.  I strongly dislike these features of this magazine and even more so on this spread.  The info on the top right totally interferes with the layout and just looks awful.  And the red box of 'previous winners' at the bottom of the body copy again just interferes and looks ridiculous.

This spread uses a two column grid system, left aligned.  The margins around the outside appear to all be of equal width.

 

 

Follow mag

Even though this is just an internet find, I included that cos I love the cleanliness of the spread.  Everything aligns nicely and the colours flow really well.

There is a 3 column grid system used in this article.  The photography on the right hand page is bleeding off the page, therefore there is no bleed on this dps.  Again, there is a good use of white space.  This is good because it makes the 3 columns of type look less daunting.  The margin along the bottom is quite small and the outside margins are significantly bigger.      

The body copy is all left aligned and in three almost identical looking blocks of type.  These blocks are perfectly aligned with the header.  

The page furniture on this spread is situated at the bottom outside corners of each page.  They do not use page numbers, they only include the title of the magazine.  

The header on this spread bleeds off the page.  Im not too sure whether or not I like the typeface used on the word self.  I don’t think it goes with the word obsession and I don’t particularly like how the dot on the i in obsession fits between the E and the L in self.  Possibly it would look better if there was no dot on the i.  I don’t think there is a subheader in this dps.    

Juxtapoz Magazine

There is a 4 column grid system used in this article.  The photography on the left hand page is bleeding off the page, therefore there is a bleed on this dps.  There is a strong use of white space which I think is a good thing as you arent overwhelmed with a big block of type.  The top margin is the smallest, the bottom margin is the largest. 

The body copy is all left aligned except for the first column which is right aligned.  This is to distinguish the first column from the main body of text.  I think that the body copy needs some tweaking as there are widows at the bottom of two of the paragraphs. 

The page furniture on this article is in the top left corner of the left hand page.  It is positioned at a 90 degree angle and is parallel with the outside margin.  The page furniture they use it the name of the magazine and the page number.

The header is in the top left corner and it rotated to a 90 degree angle.  It is aligned with the magazine name and the page number.  It has a much greater point size than the rest of the type and uses two different colours- black and blue.  The use of colour is to make it stand out more to the reader, their eye is instantly attracted towards the colour and the bigger point size.  The subheader is the first paragraph at the bottom of the page.  It is set apart from the main body of text by changing the way the paragraph is aligned and by increasing the point size of the type face.     

There is a picture caption in this article.  It is situated in the fourth column along and is in the centre of the column.  Like the body copy, the caption is left aligned.  The first line, the title, is made bold to make it stand out more.  Furthermore, the leading has been increased between the first three lines, making it more noticeable and legible.

 

There is a 4 column grid system used in this article.  The photography on the left hand page a collection of 7 cut out photos, one per paragraph.  There is no bleed on this dps.  There is a good use of white space but there is also a lot of type.  The top margin is the smallest, the bottom margin is the largest. 

The body copy is all left aligned.  I like how anumbers 1-7 are placed behind the subheaders at the top of each paragraph and are in a pale colour as to not interfer with the legibility of the body copy.

The page furniture on this spread is in the top left corner of the left hand page.  It is positioned at a 90 degree angle and is parallel with the outside margin.  The page furniture they have use it the name of the magazine and the page number.

The header is in the top left corner and it rotated to a 90 degree angle.  It is aligned with the magazine name and the page number.  It has a much greater point size than the rest of the type.  The subheaders are at the top of each paragraph.  The first line is a bigger point size and in bold.  The second line is the same point size as the main body but is in bold and the remaining lines are the same as the body copy.