After looking up classical music terms online to help name my magazine, I found Cadenza which means ' a virtuoso solo passage inserted into a movement in concerto or other musical work'.
I then moved on to research already existing classical music magazines to try and find any patterns of production within the genre of publication.
One of the most repeated elements was the use of Sans Serif typeface. Usually Sans Serif type is associated with higher end products.
To replicate this impact, I experimented with the Sans Serif type "Baskerville".
To create contrast within the master head, I altered the first letter of the title. I changed it to a script font called Brush Script Std. I really liked the impact this had as even though the type was different, it flowed nicely with the rest of the title.
The swirl nature of the 'C' in the title actually reminded me that of a Treble Clef, so I altered it on a new layer to make it look like one. This works well with the magazine because it's genre is classical music.
When comparing the master head to the rest of the cover, it didn't bring much attention to itself. I thought this may have been due to the lack of body on the text. To change this, I duplicated the later and moved it slightly.
After erasing the excess, this is what I was left with.
I really like this as it looks like it was written with a calligraphy pen- almost like it was written while a composer was writing sheet music, but still kept the Sans Serif typeface.
However, when looking at the cover as a whole it was brought to my attention that the neatness and classyness of this masthead conflicted with the rough script I had done earlier.
To alter this, I will either try to make it look more grunge using the same technique as I did for "Lang Lang", or I will experiment with another typeface.
I think the next type I will try will be a Block Serif as it keeps the classy look, yet has more body and looks less high end.
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