ELLE MAGAZINE
The font for Elle Magazine is Didot, Serif in nature, which compliments the polish of the Spread. The branding of the magazine is synonymous with the logo. Emma Watson’s image, pictured here, obscures the masthead and further emphasizes the significance of the craftsman. Even partially hidden, the strength of the brand remains unwavering.
In Elle Magazine, the craftsman name is composed of a strong, restricted, san-serif font style. There is a contrasting typographical relationship on the cover to maximizes impact; the masthead and main cover line about Emma Watson is in Serif, while the rest of the cover lines are in Sans- Serif. It creates a visual hierarchy; the text is Serif being the most important.
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HARPER'S BAZAAR
Harpers Bazaar is an example of a typographic logo so impactful, it is instantly synonymous with the branding. Brought in as the magazine's Art Director in 1934, it was Alexey Brodovitch who created the iconic Didot logo. He was responsible for the look and layout of the magazine and the logo typifies it's elegance and highbrow style.
MARIE CLAIRE
Marie Claire’s title is closely aligns itself with the font style Heroine Pro. The magazine’s content is Mercury. This style emerges and speaks directly to it’s target female audience. The masthead is situation at the highest point of the layout, as with most magazine covers, and remains unobscured by the focal photograph.
GLAMOUR MAGAZINE
Glamour uses different hues of pink on its covers, highlighting it’s appeal to a female readership, but also communicates that the publication is not as highbrow as Vogue or Numero.
Glancing over the spread, it relies on a font close to Franklin Gothic Heavy to make it’s impact. It’s a custom font style created especially for Glamour magazine, inspired by Franklin Gothic.
ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
Esquire is an awesome example of a magazine that trials typefaces in a way that never feels heavy-handed. As such, it achieves a cool, snappy and contemporary look. It tries to appeal to a male audience by using monochrome, grey and red.
Throughout the magazine, the spreads are balanced with ultra-clean San Serif, notably Brandon or Embauhaus fonts. The publication frequently utilizes Mercury and their custom font Granger for sub-headings. Typeface Esquivel is a good replica of the original Esquire Logotype.
Esquire is an awesome case of a magazine that trials with typefaces in a way that never feels overcompensated—it's generally cool, snappy and contemporary.
THE MAGAZINE LIKEWISE LIKES TO FABRICATE BALANCE ON THEIR SPREADS WITH ULTRA-CLEAN SANS SERIFS, AS BRANDON FONT, OR EMBAUHAUS. THE DISTRIBUTION LIKEWISE FREQUENTLY UTILIZES MERCURY FONT ON SOME OF THEIR SPREADS, NEARBY THEIR CUSTOM FONT STYLE GRANGER FOR SUB-HEADINGS. ESQUIVEL IS A GOOD REPLICA OF AN ORIGINAL ESQUIRE LOGOTYPE.
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
In essence, New York Magazine has a custom logo, however it appears based on RTF Amethyst Light Italic with the N, Y and K utilizing swash characters. It has become somewhat iconic in reflecting the city it’s named after.
GQ MAGAZINE
Another example of a New York inspired magazine, GQ features mens’ fashion and style, and utilizes different fonts in different sections to keep the feel contemporary and hip. We particularly like the June 2015 edition of GQ, where Paris Pro Typeface by Moshik Nadav Typography is used especially for the Giorgio Armani interview. Examples follow:
