cipher

Cipher is a conceptual magazine I developed in my Typography 3 course. The focus is on unraveling the subtleties and codes embedded in literary art.

I knew I wanted my wordmark to be eye catching and loud. That energy is communicated through a bold sans-serif typeface and tightened kerning. The ‘i’ was replace with and exclamation mark, with the dot being moved to the end and serving as a period. The use of punctuation is meant to relate to the magazines overall purpose of unraveling literature.

Table of Contents

The table of content was important for setting up the overall theme of my publication. This was where I decided on the red and black color scheme. Using clipping masks I chose bold images and made them into the letters. A major part of this layout was the proximity and spacing of the letters and numbers.

For the articles, I continued messing around with spacing, but also sizing. The contrast and fragmentation of the letters was intentional to bring about intrigue.

I wanted the cover to match the feel of the articles and table of contents in feel and color, but not composition. I feel like the collage approach allowed me to explore new skills, especially in photoshop. I also made the design choice to make the exclamation point and period a deep red color to make it stand out further.