Final Masthead logo

Here is my final masthead logo I developed using Adobe Photoshop. I followed a similar pattern which I have seen often on all of the magazines I have researched. All of them had a bold font with capital lettering to help make the masthead stand out, making it easier to identify the magazine.I decided to use the same concept. I found a font called 'Cooper Black' which appealed to me because of the bold yet curvy lettering. To make the font even more noticeable, in Photoshop I change the font to a 'sharp' lettering. After doing so, I decided to add a black out line to the masthead for added effect, I did this by adding a black 'stroke' which was size 24 px on the outside of the font. NME magazine influenced me to use a stroke effect as they have done so on several of their magazine issues. I decided to use a pink font colour as it is a rather unconventional colour for a music magazine, this uniqueness reflects to the independent content of the magazine and musical theme. It is also a colour that is often used in the indie culture magazine 'Front'.