A common trend I noticed among teen fashion magazines was that the background was mainly white. Also, each article title and page number tends to be bold. Pictures on the magazines are used to represent an article. Some pictures are used to connect an image to an article in the table of contents. For example, an image might have a page number next to it but no description. However, the description will be located in the same table of contents, but just under the article. Other times a picture will be used to represent a magazine itself. The picture will have a page number and description next to it, but it will not be under the traditional list of table of contents. The final trend I noticed is that magazine companies do not exactly have the same format for the table of contents for each magazine they publish. For example, pictures may be placed in different spots or there may be a different set of colors.
Since I am doing a group magazine, all of my group needed to decide on a format we will all base out table of contents on. After discussing these trends, we came up with a format for the table of contents that each of us will follow. Here is what that template looks like...
The key feature connecting all of our magazine editions is the "Off The Rack" title with our slogan "Explore Your True Style" underneath it. Both texts will be behind a rectangle located to the left of the page. We decided to have our table of contents formatted this way because it looks trendy and different. The title and rectangle color contrast helps make this table of contents eye catching and appealing to our teenage audience. However, our group does not have to use the same colors for their table of contents; we just picked random colors as an example. For the rest of the magazine, our background will be white. This helps ensure that there is not too much color going on through out the table of contents and puts more of a focus on the pictures and text that will be located on this page. We decided to have a line between the table of contents title and the articles because it makes the page look more clean and organized. With the fonts, the title and slogan font are the same as they are on the title. We decided to make the table of content and article fonts Open Sans because it, again, is simple and makes the page look more organized.
Since I am doing a group magazine, all of my group needed to decide on a format we will all base out table of contents on. After discussing these trends, we came up with a format for the table of contents that each of us will follow. Here is what that template looks like...
The key feature connecting all of our magazine editions is the "Off The Rack" title with our slogan "Explore Your True Style" underneath it. Both texts will be behind a rectangle located to the left of the page. We decided to have our table of contents formatted this way because it looks trendy and different. The title and rectangle color contrast helps make this table of contents eye catching and appealing to our teenage audience. However, our group does not have to use the same colors for their table of contents; we just picked random colors as an example. For the rest of the magazine, our background will be white. This helps ensure that there is not too much color going on through out the table of contents and puts more of a focus on the pictures and text that will be located on this page. We decided to have a line between the table of contents title and the articles because it makes the page look more clean and organized. With the fonts, the title and slogan font are the same as they are on the title. We decided to make the table of content and article fonts Open Sans because it, again, is simple and makes the page look more organized.
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