Masthead Ideas And Designs

Mastheads

I have created four possible masthead designs and analysed how good they would be as a masthead. I outlined my choice at the bottom

I like this mast head design. The typeface is easy to read whilst still popping out at the reader. The Gothic styling fits with the tone that the magazine should set, and it also reflects the tone of the material being discussed within the magazine.

The typeface in this design is much too ‘fancy’ and uses too much embellishment. This makes it hard to read, so I am definitely not considering using it as my mast head. I feel that it is so inconvenient to read, that I will not be able to use the typeface anywhere in my magazine whatsoever. The preview of this design looked much better than the result.

I don’t think this design could work as my mast head. While I like the way the typeface looks, the ‘worn’ texture of it makes it too hard to read. This may be useful as a smaller typeface used in another area of the house style, but it does not work as a mast head.

I like this design, as it is similar to the first, but I feel its less blocky design makes it too plain so it does not stand out as much as the first design. However, as the typeface is very similar, it would be very good to use this typeface for titles and such, as it will look very similar to the mast head without being the same.

I have decided to use the first design as my mast head as it conveys the style of music through its gothic appearance. The blocky style also makes it seem more raw, without being unreadable.