Typography
Typography is
the arrangement and style of text that is presented on a page. This definition
of typography includes typefaces,
point size, line length, line spacing and use of colour. Typography is
extremely important when designing a magazine as you must make your magazine
easy to read and has to correspond with the theme and style of the magazine.
Essentially the typography you use can be the difference between whether
someone picks up your magazine or not. An example of typography would be serif
and sans serif fonts:
Serif fonts are
often used in magazines and other printed works as it is supposedly easier to
read than sans serif fonts. This is because the defined strokes and thin lines
in the serif font help make the letters more distinctive and recognisable,
allowing our brains to process the words faster and more efficiently. Sans
serif fonts are generally only used for shorter sentence, such as titles or
subheadings as the regimented block-like lettering is not as distinguishing as
the serif fonts and means our brains have to take longer trying to decipher the
words.
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