Anatomy Of Page Design

 Conventions 

    "Caslon", "Jenson", "Chronicle", "Miller", "Palatino", "Garmond" and "Goudy" are a few fonts that are

common in magazine design. The font of  a magazine might not seem important to readers but it actually

is important to creators and the overall page design. The theme on the page involves a font that can

correlate well with it and enhance the design of the page. Body text size is also another detail about

page design that seems unusual when you initially think of it but the size of the body paragraphs can

determine how much information is truly incorporated in the story. If the text holds a lot of information a

size under 12 is common so that all the information can fit within a single page, box, or caption.

The font would be bigger if information is limited but wants to appear full based on the lack of information;

It's all in how you wish to design your information. 

    When focusing on camera angles and taglines it's important that you're catching the eye

of your readers. The way words are utilized are important and should not take too much attention

from the image. The actual words should be clear but still contain a bit of wordplay;

Wordplay provides that thrill and suspension that ,typically, captures readers.

If questions are in the tagline it's important that an answer can be directly found after.

Yes you want your audience to read the magazine, but prolonging the answer is not a good way to

do that. Also, the cover line of the page should appeal to the biggest section of the target. So if it's

about eating well then include diets, fitness routines, nutritionists and things of that nature.

Furthermore, descriptive words are important to spark readers' curiosity making them more

likely to pick up the magazine

    Models should look into the camera directly or indirectly depending on the content of the magazine. Indirectly would usually be utilized to show off wardrobe but even then eye contact can still be found. There are three common camera angle shots that are used for magazines.

The first is long shots which are full body images that provide a head to toe visual to perceive a fierce, dominant, and powerful effect to that individual.

 

Medium Shots are typically knees to waist up and are usually zoomed in; This shot depicts facial expressions or an item of fashion that wants to be focused on such as makeup or jewelry.

Lastly, close up shots are self explanatory, close up shots of a person starting from the neck up. These shots capture a crystal clear effect and surprisingly provide initial on the subject face that many might have not noticed previously.

    Once the image has been taken the way that the image is handled can make the magazine more suitable for the creator's vision. Exaggerating the image or understating it is completely up to the designer but it's more favorable if the image is upfront and bold; This is the initial interaction with the magazine which is why it's common in magazines today.