In a couple of blogs back, I talked about good magazine typography and layout, but in this blog, I will be talking and stating my opinion on some of the bad typography and layout in magazines.
New Idea and Woman's Day magazines. http://www.ademwithane.com
We all know of the trashy magazines such as New Idea and Woman's Day. These magazines are filled with inconsistent headings and the value of type is miss-treated to a poor standard, thus this is one basic term why they call it a trashy magazine. It's too image and (awful) type heavy and not exactly pleasing to the eye.
And it's not just from the awful use of heading typography that they use in the magazines, it's also in the bulk text itself which is horrid most occasions. Orphans, widows, spelling mistakes and even at times, the leading and kerning can be a nightmare to see. All of these things are small, and a lot of people wouldn't care about it all, but to those some people who care about type, it's a big deal.
At the end of the day, all they really care about is producing something quick, and shoving every single gossip and news into one magazine no matter how bad the type is taken care of.
New Idea and Woman's Day magazines. http://www.ademwithane.com
We all know of the trashy magazines such as New Idea and Woman's Day. These magazines are filled with inconsistent headings and the value of type is miss-treated to a poor standard, thus this is one basic term why they call it a trashy magazine. It's too image and (awful) type heavy and not exactly pleasing to the eye.
And it's not just from the awful use of heading typography that they use in the magazines, it's also in the bulk text itself which is horrid most occasions. Orphans, widows, spelling mistakes and even at times, the leading and kerning can be a nightmare to see. All of these things are small, and a lot of people wouldn't care about it all, but to those some people who care about type, it's a big deal.
At the end of the day, all they really care about is producing something quick, and shoving every single gossip and news into one magazine no matter how bad the type is taken care of.
Reference.
Adem With an E (Jan 28 2009) Reader's Indigestion. Retrieved May 24 2010. http://www.ademwithane.com/index.php/category/magazine/
New Idea Magazine (2010). Retireved May 24th 2010. http://nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/
Womans Day Magazine (2010). Retrieved May 24th 2010. http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/
Adem With an E (Jan 28 2009) Reader's Indigestion. Retrieved May 24 2010. http://www.ademwithane.com/index.php/category/magazine/
New Idea Magazine (2010). Retireved May 24th 2010. http://nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/
Womans Day Magazine (2010). Retrieved May 24th 2010. http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/
No comments:
Post a Comment