Font Testing

Arial.
 This font is simple and easy to read and is used a lot in magazines for articles and interviews. This is because it is very easy for the reader to read instead of having a different font that isn't clear. This font would be suitable for my music magazine as it is a clear font and would be used for a double page spread or an interview. This font would be suitable for my magazine, as i would be able to use it for my double page spread as this font is very clear and the reader would read it because it isn't in a silly font or a unreadable font.

Comic Sans MS.

This font is simple and easy to read, so it wouldn’t be used very much for a music magazine but be used for a gossip or music magazine, which has general information in it. If this font were to be in an R&B music magazine it would be used to outline certain information on the front cover, to make it stand out against the other fonts. I would use this font for my magazine, as it is a clean font and would seem a popular font to use for my target audience.

Lucida Handwriting.

This font is in the style of old fashioned handwriting. It isn’t that easy to read, therefore wouldn’t appear in an R&B music magazine. This font could be used in a double page spread to add the effect if the artist has said something, this could be used to look like they had written it down in the article. I wouldn’t use this font for my magazine because it doesn’t fit in my genre of my magazine or the style of magazine that I would want to produce.

Courier.
 This font is very spaced out and very simple. It looks like a typewriter font and therefore could be used on a double page spread in a R&B magazine that could have quotations of the article on another page, as that would be effective.My genre of magazine is quite modern and this font would be seen as an old fashioned font, so therefore i wouldn't be using this font in my magazine.

Times.
This font is simple and appears to be quite a small font which can sometimes be a problem for the reader. This font would be seen inside of a magazine rather on the front cover or on a contents page. This font wouldn't be suitable for my magazine as it is a smaller font and to fill the page would have to write a lot and people within my age group wouldn't read something with a lot of writing on. This font wouldn't look as nice if the size was any bigger. 

Reader Profile

My target audience for my music magazine is teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 as that is more of my age group and i can easily relate to them and the type of this that they would want to see in a magazine. The genre of my music magazine would appeal to a more elder teens as it is more modern and suitable for the age group. For my magazine i would not  include lots of bright colours as that would appeal to more a younger audience. Therefore i will not make my magazine brightly coloured and appeal to a younger audience. My target audience would also be aimed at a female audience because the type of genre and music that will appear in my music magazine will appeal to more of a female audience. The type of person that would buy my magazine would be a female how has the interest in urban style and urban music. The stereotypical person who would buy my magazine would be someone who only listens to music all the time and who is seen as not very well behaved in school, someone who is interested in being involved in the music business when they are older.

Colour testing

Red.

The colour red appears a lot on R&B music magazines as it is a bold colour. It is used to make things stand out on the page and appeal to a lot of younger people, as red is seen as a modern colour.This colour is a fierce and powerful colour and can be associated with things like rap and therefore would be an appropriate colour for my music magazine as it fits in with the genre that i am doing, which is R&B. Different shades of red can be used on an R&B magazine, for example a deep red colour be used for a title of a rap artist to show power and ambition from the artist.  R&B music magazines may use the colour red for their title or to highlight certain information, this is effective as it draws the readers attention to the text that is in red because it is such an attractive and bright colour.

Black.

This colour is a simple colour and is seen in most magazines as it is the easiest colour to read. However t is normally used inside of the magazine on double page spreads, as that has all the information in it and is so simple. For a R&B magazine the colour black would be used on the front cover as a title or as text on the front cover. This is because the background colour is normally plain and black would stand out well on a plain colour. It also could be associated with deep and dark music, like grim music that contains deep lyrics. This colour would be suitable for my music magazine as it is the best colour to use for lots of text and goes well with the genre of R&B.

Blue.

This is masculine colour and would normally be associated with male magazines. R&B magazines are normally aimed at both sexes therefore this colour of blue wouldn't work well in my magazine. However different shades of blue would be suitable for my magazine as his colour can show purity and youth and my magazine is aimed at a younger audience. This colour would be suitable for a heading or to highlight information on a page, but i wouldn't use this colour as a main colour for my magazine, as it would normally be associated with R&B type music.

Yellow.

yellow is associated with wealth there for appears a lot in a R&B magazine as a lot of the artist are wealthy and like to show off their wealth. It would appear on the front of a magazine to highlight something about an artist or the title of the magazine. This colour wouldn't appear in a magazine about R&B soul artist, but more grime and rap artist as they rap about money a lot. This colour wouldn't be suitable for my magazine as i am not basing my magazine on wealth or talking about money within my magazine.

Green.

This colour is associated is nature and is a natural colour. It is known to represent freedom and having the freedom to pursue anything. It wouldn't appear on the front of a R&B music magazine and others colours  would be more appropriate. It isn't the boldest  of colours but does stand out against a dark background. This colour would be appropriate for my music magazine, as it a pure colour and i would want to discuss the theme of freedom within my magazine. It would show the freedom and ambition of a person, also it would be used to highlight key information on a page.

Pink.

This colour is a feminine colour and would seen in a magazine that included a female artist. It is a bold and bright colour and stands out against any other colour. Therefor would be a good colour to use to highlight information and to use for headings. This colour represents compassion and colour be used to show power of a women. It would be used in a female solo magazine rather than a rap or male solo artist, as most female R&B artists are solo and strong women. I would use this colour in my magazine to highlight a strong women and would be used within text to capture the readers eye.