Font Analysis

The font used on the Top of the Pops magazine logo is a sans serif font which makes the font look quite youthful and modern so is very appropriate for a pop magazine. It is a also a display font so it would stand out as the masthead but it is also quite bubbly writing which gives it quite a feminine look which would appeal to the young girl target audience of the magazine. The femininity of the font is emphasised on the letter ‘s’ at the end as it is curled at the bottom. The font itself is written in white text but it is highlighted by a bright pink which again reflects the gender of the audience.

The font used on the We Love Pop magazine logo is also a sans serif font. Like the Top of the Pops logo, the sans serif font makes it look very youthful and modern. The lettering itself is written in black which makes it stand out but the word ‘love’ is replaced with a pink love heart which reflects the young female target audience. The font of the Top of the Pops logo and the font used on the We Love Pop logo are both written in capital lettering. This shows me that in order for the masthead to stand out on the front cover, it must be in sans serif capital lettering.

These four different versions of the word ‘Poppin’’ are all possible ideas for the masthead on the front cover of my magazine. With each different one, they are styled so that the font and the arrangement of the masthead would appeal to the target audience and signal the genre of the magazine. They do this as the fonts used are like bubble writing which suggests quite a young and girly target audience. Also, the colours used reflects how the magazine will be aimed at young girls. The love hearts to dot the ‘i’ and to replace the apostrophe will also appeal to the intended target audience.