Research for Tabloid NewspaperHannah Sewell

Tabloid Main Title (Masthead)

Continuing from font main title

These fonts were quite hard to find because of the fact the normal tabloid font is really normal so I wanted to find a font that was similar but had a bit of a twist or difference. The weakest fonts that are on the first page is ‘Price Down’ and ‘BorisBlackBloxx’ font, these too are the weakest because the price down font had lines going across two letters which is so different and to youthful for a tabloid newspaper, the fact that it looks like future font wouldn’t suit the target audience as they would be around an adult age. The ‘BorisBlackBloxx’ font is really good I just don’t like the full stops of symbol that’s next to each word, that would distract the readers from the title and not remember it for the next time they want a tabloid newspaper. The strongest font is actually the ‘Wanted M54’ which has bold strong letters but has the difference I need to make the title stand out more, even though it’s not san serif (which the other newspaper have e.g. The Sun’) it will help to make the title more strong looking and to have a bit of a young element just so that the newspaper is more relaxed and new. ‘Piston Pressure’ and ‘Muro’ are very similar and I will test them on the actually tabloid newspaper to see if it’s smart enough or fits, if not they could be really good for the subheadings which will be just above the little article on the page. I chose fonts that were difference to the normal because I feel that all of the tabloids now are very similar to each other and by having something different will help to bring out the best elements of the newspaper.

For the Tabloid newspaper Sub Heading

I have only found four fonts that would be suitable for the main heading on the tabloid newspaper, there is only this amount because I found that the other fonts like ‘Blackoak std’ was too flicked and quirky and not bold enough to get the point across. When researching tabloid newspapers I found that the words were in a san serif font which meant that they were mostly straight words and thick lettering, this really helped to get a message across that was simple and in massive font. My favourite font out of these would definitely be ‘Impact’ font this is because the space between each letter is tight be clear and the letters are very similar to ‘The Suns’ font that they use for there newspaper. The word impact says it all, when I used the method of having 18 font size to 44 really helped because it showed how much room the word would take up. This made the ‘Rockwell Extra’ font too large and over the top, I chose this one because I tried to see if a flicked lettering would work on the newspaper and I found that it would be to complicated to read when it’s on the front cover. I have used American Purpose a lot (for titles mostly) but I have found that that font is to simple and much better for broadsheet newspaper, this is because of the boldness and the fact that the words are still slim which looks more professional. The couture font seems more like a fashion font as the G looks like the letter they would use for Gucci which is very clear and large to get the name across. The impact font will do the job well and stand out which will be perfect for the front cover.

Example of names for Tabloid Newspaper

The daily talkThe chatThe ChiefRealThe WorldMeaning

When looking at these fonts I don’t think they are very strong at all, the two fonts that I would consider using now is the ‘Wanted M54’ which looks good on most of the titles especially ‘The World’ that looks professional looking and quite masculine which can help sell the newspaper to business men in the city. I like the BorisBlackBloxx’ font on ‘The Daily Talk’ that stands out and gives the san serif look that the other tabloids use. The ‘Piston Pressure’ (second font) and ‘Muro Regular’ (last font) fonts are very weak because they aren’t very big even when they are in size 20. The others fonts overtake those two because of there size and boldness alone. I picked the price down font because it looked quite old fashioned and without seeing the lines under the letters I found that the letters were nicely close together and neat. Now looking at it properly I can see that this font wouldn’t work at all, instead it would be used for Egyptian words and nothing else.

Font for the Written Article

These fonts were chosen through looking at Google Images to see what kind of font they used on the front cover and I found that the fonts were all bold looking and in a very small font that had to fit into a little box. When seeing what fonts the public thought was best they said (on Yahoo) that Bernard MT Condensed was the best because of the boldness and that it would be suitable for a little amount of writing. When looking at the sentence and sizes I agree that the boldness works but it’s not very clear to read and the letters are very close together, for that to work I would have to go on Indesign and separate each letter to make it more clearer. I did a mixture of Serif and San Serif to see which ones would suit the Tabloid article and my favourite is the ‘Arial Rounded’ font because of how young it looks and the fact that it’s not old fashioned and instead simple and relaxed which suits the style that a tabloid is in. It gives an informal look which Is the language that they mostly use in Tabloids. The Times new Roman font is neat by being a Serif font but I now understand that it wouldn’t work with a tabloid style because it look like a traditional English font that we are trying not to use.

All of the tabloids that I looked at all had one thing in common, large headings with the person either looking silly or not looking at the camera properly. This is what I wanted to portray Obama looking like, by him having a funny expression will make him look quite weak against the article. They also have a victim or another person involved in a small section next to the writing, this is where I’m going to put Lil Jojo in because then the audience will recognise who the victim is in the article. The newspaper on the right is the look that I’m trying to achieve, by having the main person looking silly or distracted and then have the other person involved at the bottom will help to give the story out and I believe I’ve found the right images to pull that off. I can Photoshop Obama and Lil Jojo so that the black background behind the text will merge into the background of the original image that they both have. That way I can put the whole of that on on large section of the grid in indesign and then put the text over it which will give the effect of a front tabloid newspaper.

Tabloid Name advert

Large title

Sub-heading

Obama image

Article in boxImage of

lil Jojo

ArticleMain Title

subheading

image

Celebrity advertCelebrity

advert

Tabloid name

Tabloid name

image

Separate title and image

advert

Main article and title

advertMain title

information

image

Sub title

Title

article