Magazines-Reverse Engineered

https://www.lucidpress.com/blog/14-magazine-layout-design-ideas-for-your-inspiration

Introduction

This magazine design was given in an article titled 14 magazine layout design ideas for your inspiration by Karla Renée. She gives several examples of different designs and what needs to be given to go into a good design. In this post I will be reviewing one of her templates, and showing what was done well.

Analysis

This first picture shows the two different categories of fonts that were used in this magazine template. On the left is sans-serif font, shown by the lack of tags on the ends of the letters. The right side however uses an oldstyle font for the body text. This can be identified by the addition of the small tags on the ends of the letters.

This second picture shows the differences between the two different fonts. Denoted by the circles, the first difference is in serif. The left page uses sans-serif to give a smooth and clean look to the letters. The right page uses a regular oldstyle font to make it easy for the reader to read. The next difference is in size. The left side is much larger, showing that it will most likely be a title or heading of some sort. The right side is smaller body text that makes it easy for someone to quickly glance over it.

This final draw over pays attention to the photo used for the background. This picture makes good use of leading lines created by the horizon of trees. The lines from the trees lead to the point of the mountain which causes the reader to look up at the magazine’s main title.

Alternate Images

This magazine layout is likely for travel or sightseeing topics, so my alternate images all are nature themed. Along with this, it was important to keep the strong horizontal lines that are in the original image. In each alternate image it also uses strong points upward using either the trees, phone pole, or a road to lead the viewer back up to the top of the page.

Summary

Each unique part of this template design helps to bring together the overall look and design. First, the typography creates a very sleek and easy to read look which benefits the reader. Using sans-serif and oldstyle fonts allows for diversity in text to make it enjoyable to look at. The photography uses strong leading lines to not only match the horizontal style of page page, but also to lead the reader back up to the title of the magazine.