Font Blog Post
I used the default font for my blog. This is for a multitude of reasons.
The first reason that can be thought of when thinking about this is the fact that it's the first font that appears when you type something into blogger, switching out of it wouldn't make sense if it already fits the purpose and does a job.
Secondly, compared to the other seven fonts available for use in blogger, I honestly just prefer it. Arial is just thinner Default, Helvetica is just thinner Arial, Verdana is just smoother Arial, Courier doesn't seem like the type of font used for a blog, Times/Trebuchet are almost indistinguishable from each other, and are just pointier Arial. They're barely different, so it would make sense to use the one you started with.
Kieran Cawood
Plymouth High School for All Girls’ school magazine: ‘Hear me out’
Layout/Patterns
Hear me out’s pages tend to have one illustrator and one writer each. A pattern I’ve spotted in most of the issues of the magazine is that more often than not text will be separated into two columns, split vertically instead of horizontally, each paragraph taking up one column. Though, they can be split both ways. More often or not there are images created by the illustrator/s, placed most commonly on the right side of the page, though some sections do exist including a page full of text and an image taking up a full page placed after it. Though I feel like the prior trend seems to die down as the issues get more modern, with images being spread around whole pages as the writers, and by extension the illustrators improve their craft.
Themes:
The general themes of ‘Hear me out’ are of illumination of the world’s issues, like equality, inclusivity, and most commonly climate change. Though there are occasional breaks from this theme by way of things like a photography competition, an interview with a baker, and other topics that interest the writers, which aren’t general themes, I’ll include them here anyway, as they aren’t any less important.
Subtext:
This magazine has continuous themes of wishing for change, some of the values above are also subtexts including worries about and wishes to avert manmade crises like climate change, inequality, and so on. Other themes include the voices of the youth and women needing to be heard, hence the name.
Symbolism:
The illustrations in this magazine represent a variety of things, so the symbolism in the images is directly connected to which page they lie on, and I couldn’t fit the entire image catalogue of the magazine in this short analysis. Though, some of the more common images displayed include the sun, nature, and the earth, reflecting the environmentally-minded nature of a good majority of the magazine.
Values it reveals:
The values of the writers seem to be around the same, to talk about and spread awareness about current issues that need fixing, to spread inclusivity, to make voices heard, and to overall better the planet.
Questionnaire data that has influenced my magazine production decisions
Concept sketch for front cover
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