Investigate the Convention of Magazine Pages

How many pages should your magazine have?
-Well I have researched it and the normal magazine on the shop shelfs have 100-200 pages depending on the fandom for the magazine,like a top of the pops has 80 and home magazine has 200 so a number between that would be suitable for my magazine as it's so niche i dont really have a guild line to follow.

where all the features ar going to be placed?
-well I was thinking of having an advert attached to the front cover and then ease into the articles a we progress.The first couple of page I can have a letter form the editor and then maybe some reviews on the up-coming shows and the recent shows,after that I can cut to another advert and then maybe a article not the main article but something to intregue the readers that what shows are coming to the west end or not or who the composer is going to be.

How will your contents page be designed?
well I was thinking with on main images and a couple of small ones dotted randomly round the page.Some of the main text will then be in a coloured box however not every text will be because I dont wanna make it ot boxy.
whats your pages size?
Page Size8 3/8” x 10 7/8” is the most economical and common magazine page size. Most press and bindery equipment is designed to produce this size efficiently and with minimum paper waste. Oversize and undersize magazines can be produced but their cost per square inch is almost always higher.
Quote:http://www.knepperpress.com/magazine-printing-services

what types of fonts are common for for bolky texts within a magzine?
-I looked into different fonts most commonly used in magazines and one that kept popping up was 'Garamond'.This font is clean and most commonly used within magazine in the UK.In my research I found that it was voted the second most common font to be used within a magazine after 'Helvetica'.After this research I feel that Garamond might be they way to go because I dont really want to alternate my fonts to much within my magazine therefore I pick Garamond because it's clean easy to read and the date it was released corresponds with the age of my target audience which might have some affectin some way.


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