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> Fancy

- Distorted

Used Fonts
Abaddon

> Gothic
- Modern

Used Fonts

-Metal Macabre

These are the fonts chosen for the magazine.

The Name of the magazine (Kataclysm!) is in the font 'Abaddon'. Initially, the intention was to use the font Metal Macabre but on trying it on my cover it seemed a bit over the top and felt quite cluttersome when positioned on the front page.

Contents page

Uses the same font as the front cover to tie the magazine together. The body text is in Times New Roman. This is because Abaddon is too decorative to use for large areas of small text, and I needed something simpler to make the text easier to read and not looking too 'busy' or 'fussy'. In magazine analysis and research i found that the fonts of a magazine are pretty consistent throughout, so i decided to keep it simple and follow the guidelines of another magazine e.g. 'Kerrang!'.

Double page spread

The font of the double page spread is the same as that of the contents and front page. It has the added benefit of reflecting the image of the band, and so the genre of music. Although this is a metal magazine, there are different types of metal;

E.g. Power Metal - Hammerfall

Glam Metal - Motley Crue

Thrash Metal - Metallica

The band featured in the magazine are called 'Kamelot' and are a Power Metal band.

Power Metal -

Is a style of heavy metal music combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal.

Lyrical themes -

Power Metals lyrical themes, typicaly focus on fantasy and mythology (e.g. Symphony X, DragonLand, Ascension and Blind Guardian)

Camaraderie and hope (E.g. Stratovarius, Helloween, Hammerfall, Lost Horizon and Dragonforce)

Personal Struggles and emotions (E.g. Sonata Arctica, Primal Fear, Angra and X Japan)

War and Death (E.g. Manowar, Iced Earth and Firewind) or combinations of the listed themes.

There are a few other themes such as anti religion and politics; these are comparatively rare but not unheard of.

These themes would influence the style of font i use for 'Kamelot's' double page spread, however, in this instance, the font I used for the front cover does in fact represent the theme of their music and style of the band.

(See Second Post*)

The font chosen for the double page spread of 'Kamelot' is 'Abaddon' because i feel it catches more of a fantasy feel aswell as it having a take on the font of a popular role play fantasy game, Oblivion.

It was a struggle to choose between Abaddon and Dragon Master, both possess the feel of Fantasy. Dragon Master looks older, more ancient (almost scroll like, calligraphy) whereas, Abaddon is more sharp and distorted giving it a more modern feel and therefore the edge for a modern music magazine.

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