Layout research

After creating my first draft magazine I have noticed that it is nowhere near as good as a professional magazine, as I need to get many of my conventions correct. For example, I need to get my measurements correct and change some of my numbers and text, such as I need to have odd numbers on the right and even on the left.

As a result of this I have decided to edit my magazines and adapt it so it looks more like a professional magazine, by measuring the margins, size of barcode, front sizing and the positioning of texts and pictures. By doing this my magazine will have a better chance to do well on the market and it will look good.

Before I started my magazine I didn’t think to research into this as I felt that it would be easy to do this with out measuring. But as I got more feedback and did more research I began to notice that I needed to as the text boxes and images were out of line and didn’t look right.

Below are some examples I've taken from a magazine:

Margin size (Front Cover): 10mm

Margin size (Contents page): 10mm

Margin size (Double Page Spread): 15mm

Barcode size: 30mm by 20mm