Possible font styles

After my typography research I have now gained a better understanding on the font styles that are relevant to the genre conventions used with regional magazines. Ensuring that I apply these conventions to my work means I am appealing to the correct audience and genre.

Front Cover:

• For my front cover I would like the masthead to be big and bold, in order to follow conventions and gain attention from both my primary and secondary audience
• My masthead is likely to be either black or white to follow conventions, depending on the colouring of the image I am going to use 
• I am likely to use a serif font for my front cover typography, as this style of font appears more professional and sophisticated
• My cover lines will also be serif and possibly a white colour, in order to stand out whilst simultaneously following genre conventions
• Any small print I include on my front cover, such as the date, issue number and price will be of a similar font style to my masthead and cover lines, to ensure that I am establishing a house style

Contents Page:

• According to typical genre conventions I researched, the heading for a regional contents page is typically large, black and in a serif style. When creating my own regional contents page, I would want to apply this to my own work to appeal to my audiences 
• Subheadings are usually of a similar font style to the heading featured, but are often italicised to differentiate themselves from the main heading  

Double Page Spread:

• Usually a white heading in a serif font style, with the optional, smaller subheading positioned underneath in a similar font style
• Any small print included typically matches the font style used for the article
• The byline typically follows the same style of typography as is used for the subheading
• Whilst pull quotes are typically featured in most magazine genres, they weren't included in any of the regional magazines I researched. To get a better understanding on whether pull quotes were a frequent occurrence in regional magazines, I researched further into images of the most popular regional magazines available, where I found that pull quotes were not used in any format. This is possibly because regional magazines aim to inform and entertain their audiences, whereas pull quotes are designed to shock and intrigue audiences, which is why they are used primarily in gossip magazines
• To follow genre conventions and appeal to my audience, I am planning to include a drop cap at the beginning of my article, with a professional serif font style used throughout