Analyzing Mastheads used On the Front Covers of Magazines

All of the magazine mastheads are taken from the front covers of hip-hop magazines. All of them utilize the colours red, black or white or all three colors, with the exception of the Billboard magazine masthead that also includes yellow and blue within some of the letters. Furthermore, all of the mastheads above are relatively simplistic but, the magazines can be easily distinguished from other competitors through methods such as font (font size, font thickness etc.)  Mastheads are important as, they are the identity of music magazine in every genre of music and are essential for music magazine publishers in their attempt to attract audiences through methods such as font, font colour and sometimes the simplicity of a masthead which can be seen in some examples of hip-hop magazine mastheads above.  Overall, my favorite magazine masthead included in the collage above was the 'Rolling Stone' masthead.  I really like and was inspired the style of the font and the font outline. This along with the font color red would in my opinion be intriguing to the read and may provoke them to buy an issue of the magazine.