Research on fonts

In class we did some research into different types of fonts which magazines would usually use. We found that there are four main types of fonts which are mostly used. They are:

• Serif Font

Used for both big and small text. For small texts, it is a better option than using san serif fonts as it is easier to read.

Examples:
DejaVu Serif Condensed
Times New Romans
Georgia
Courier

• Sans serif Font

Used for mainly big text as it is easier to read
Examples:
DejaVu Sans Condensed
Lucida Sans Unicode
Microsoft Sans Serif
Trebuchet MS
Arial

• Decorative Font

Mainly used on the front cover to add emphasis on the masthead
Examples:

$Five Double Zero Regular

10.12 4

Bertram Font

Futura Bold Font

1980 Portable Font

• Script-style font

Used to elaborate special occasions. It looks formal and so it is mainly used in classical music magazines. This type of font looks more personal so it wouldn't be used for the body text. These types of fonts are based on fountain pens and so gives the same effect.

Examples:
Freestyle font