Sub Genre Codes and Conventions

Front cover:

• Singular image with the artist who is the main subject of the magazine.
• New trending artists who have a high popularity.
• Serif Masthead at the top of the page in a big bold font case, this can be either in the centre or to the left half of the page.
• Following from the Masthead the cover lines will be the second largest font on the page in a very clear sentence case.
• Colour palette will be set by the attire of the subject in the image, and will follow this throughout the magazine.
• The font colour will follow this palette with colours that are easily readable and professional.
• Small print, price,date and issue number if applicable will be in a corner of the magazine in a small (5-9ppt) font that is just readable.

Contents page:

• 2-4 images all relating to the contents of the magazine, usually 2-3 of these are of a smaller size with a more major set/ singular image which could relate to the front cover image.
• Content of the page includes: images of artists that are relevant, topics in magazine, major page links to interesting topics and drama etc.
• Small sentence case small font which will be a sans-serif font to make it more professional.
• Again the font colour will be professional and use a black/white colour palette.

Double Page Spread:

• One main image that is either on the left or right page, however a singular image can cover the two pages with the image being planned so the page fold wont effect the image.
• The headline differs in the way that it is only on one page to make it easier to read and cant be folded in the centre.
• Subheading will be of a small font size just underneath the heading so people can understand what it links to.
• The heading and the subheading will be both serif and sans-serif depending on the design.
• As for the article font it will be a very small size of 9ppt a as these magazines attract people via the images.
• The colour palette will be similar to the contents page and will be a black/ white or a colour that fits with the design for the rest of the page.
• The byline will be in a very small font underneath the heading for the specific article.
• As for pull quotes these will have a font size in between the article size and subheading size, this can be in a different colour to make it even more noticeable.