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Conventions of Magazine

The document discusses conventions used in designing a magazine for students at a school. The designer uses a blue banner across the masthead to add visual interest. A school logo is included on the contents page to identify the magazine as being for that school. Consistent fonts and colors are used throughout the magazine, including on the contents page, to maintain a unified theme.

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Conventions of Magazine

The document discusses conventions used in designing a magazine for students at a school. The designer uses a blue banner across the masthead to add visual interest. A school logo is included on the contents page to identify the magazine as being for that school. Consistent fonts and colors are used throughout the magazine, including on the contents page, to maintain a unified theme.

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Conventions of a Magazine

I used a blue banner placed running


I have kept the masthead where it through the masthead on the page, I used
conventionally would be on any this to add some more detail to my
other magazine. I use the font magazine as I didn't want it to look boring
called “College” from with just a white background. This would
www.dafont.com, this would appeal to students at a school as it make
appeal to students of a school as it the magazine look more interesting and
is a big bold font and stands out the blue banner may catch peoples eye.
well.

I added a date to my magazine, I added a I used a mid-shot picture to put on


date to make the magazine look more my magazine cover; I cut out the
professional. I did this using the text tool picture using the magnetic lasso
The masthead across the contents page
is in the same font as the masthead on I added the school logo to my
my front cover, I did this so that the contents page to keep with the
magazine has a running theme theme of my school magazine, this is
throughout, and this text also is bold also useful to identify it as being a
and will attract attention well. school magazine.

I have used the same font on the


contents page as I did for the
front cover, I've done this to keep I took my own photos for this
my magazine with a theme. I contents page these photo's
changed the colour of the text on are of typical school stationary
the contents page to a light blue that you would expect to find
colour which matches my colour at or around school.
palette of the magazine. I've I took pictures of stationary as
found that making the text blue I thought it would go well with
has made it stand out more. the theme of my magazine
being a school/college
magazine.

The colour palette I have used for


my magazine is Black, White and
light blue. On this page I have added the
page number, this will also
make my magazine look more
professional and inform the
reader of what page they are
currently reading.

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