Font

For my magazine title I have chosen a tough-looking font with a 'smashed up' effect. This shows that the title has been under noise damage or vandalism. Parts of some letters look wrapped up in barbed wire, which gives the effect of a jailbreak or escape. This implies that the magazine is a sort of 'escape' from the norm; which relates to the heavy rock culture and the people who listen to it. Teenagers mostly listen to a genre as such and feel themselves as 'outcasts' and against modern day society - the lyrics in heavy metal music relate to this. This barbed wire effect relates to them in the way that they just want to escape from it all. Furthermore, the smashed-up and tough-looking effects make the magazine seem rebellious and strong - which is in high relation to what heavy metal is really about.
The title font is in black which furthermore puts the 'tough' look across and also gives the magazine a dark and mysterious look. Black is seen to be the colour of night and evil, and instantly when seen by 'rock lovers' the magazine comes alive to them, and it's easy to tell what type of genre the magazine is and you can expect what is inside.
My basic font for general text is a typewriter effect. A typewriter punches letters onto a page and that's why I used this font. It makes the text seem hard and tough just like the music genre of the magazine. It also gives the magazine an old feel. Old can bring across the feel of wisdom, yet sinister and mystery. The sinister feel is brought across more with the red colour I used for the typewriter font.