Fonts for the masthead

I am going to chose what font I will be using for the masthead of the front cover. When creating the masthead I will abbreviating Indie Nation Army to INA, make the font INA the bigger and main font (like NME) and then in a smaller font make Indie Nation Army and place it under the abbreviated enlarged masthead. I will be deciding which font is more suitable for the main masthead and which font is better for the text placed beneath it.

I have also chosen to use the colour red for font (and will be edited with a shadow when I will be designing my front cover) and have capitalised the fonts as I feel it immediately catches the reader's attention and exaggerates the boldness of the fonts.

This font is called Nova Solid and is quite bold and simple. I think it would be suitable for a masthead in that it is unique and eye catching as the D, A, O and R letters are filled in to create a block type effect. Although I don't think I will be using it for my final front cover as some of the letters are too close together and will make it hard to read. Also as for the main masthead I will be abbreviating Indie Nation Army to INA, I feel the font is less effective and seems boring. This isn't the kind of mood I would want to create for my magazine.

The second font which I would consider using is called Limit Break. The narrowness of the lines on each letter gives it a clean and slick look to the font. This is the kind of effect I want to create on my magazine as it gives connotations of a polished proficient magazine. Although it isn't extremely bold and striking and  as I would like it to catch the audience's attention, it would probably be better for using inside the magazine.

In contrast to the last font, Newtown Bold uses very thick lines on each individual letter. It is distinct and I feel it will dominant as a masthead on the front page due to the bold and confident look it creates. I like this font as it would be suitable for the abbreviated part of my masthead due to the connotations it gives, but I think the styling of the font is to similar to the masthead of NME and although my magazine and NME and are of a similar genre, I want to magazine to be unique in details such as the masthead.

Kerater is a unique, thin font. It would be suitable for the longer version of the masthead. It is quite sharp and precise, particularly on the letter 'N' as it stands out from the rest. This can connote the types of artists who feature in my magazine, as they are different and unique. I feel that is is the type of font that would be used on the front of a rock/indie-pop magazine as it although it isn't bold, it is striking and will catch the reader's attention. I may use this for the non-abbreviated part of the masthead.