Table of Contents: First draft

In this post, I will share my drafts and designs for my Table of Contents. I have also discussed and explained each one and my thought process behind it. Lastly, I include how my Table of Connection both uses conventions and challenges them in my genre.

Table of Contents one:

In this first table of contents, I didn't want to include to many words so I just listed the articles instead of include extra text. This also gave me room to make the size of Charmé, the name of my magazine, larger. It also made the text that says table of Contents bigger so it is more clear to what the page is about. The color I used on my masthead coincides with the color of the sweater worn by my model. Moreover, I wanted to include this little "pop" of color but made sure to not include any other color throughout the rest of text. I did this not only so my magazine name would stand out but because I didn't want a lot going on and taking away from the fact that the focus was on the names of articles include in my magazine and which page to find them on. The black bolded font would make it easier to see the words. Additionally, I included two photos so that this page would be more engaging and pleasurable to look at. To create this, I used the program Canva and the font EB Garamond throughout the whole page.

Table of Contents two:

In this second table of contents I created, I wanted to do things differently than the first. For instance, I changed the color "theme" of this page too pink. I also made the word, Charmé, smaller as I decided to add in an editors note to fill up more space and help my magazine have a warmer feeling. I also changed the format by moving the words Table of Contents to where the TOC actually were located on the bottom right of the page. Moving on, I also made the color of the articles pink instead of leaving it to be black and without color. While having black text might be easier on the eyes, it is a bit boring. Adding more color to this page exsentuates the spring/summer feeling. Also, the focus of my article is on color trends of these seasons in 2023, so it is important and relevant for me to include these colors as much as possible throughout my magazine. I didn't want to go to overboard with the colors, however, so I kept the article numbers in black so it would be more simple and easy to read. I used EB Garamond throughout the whole page and utilized Canva in creating this.

Conventions: Conventions my product uses includes how the names of the articles and page number is bolded. This is seen on almost all fashion magazines if not across other genres as well to help it stand out. I also included the name of my magazine in a bigger font than the rest of the words as well as bolded, which can be seen done in magazines like Vogue. Further, the color I used in the first TOC matches with the article of clothing worn by the model. This can also be seen in the second TOC where the color pink is used in the text and in the clothing in a photo on that page. Similar to other magazine in TOC, there might be a fun design or cool aspect on the page. In my case for my layout design, in the second TOC I created, I put a light pink box underneath the words Charmé. This helped give the page my character and depth, however small. The first TOC I created is more like a traditional one as the article names are bolded in black. This is where my TOC beings to challenge conventions. For instance, my second magazine's articles are in a bright pink color, which usually isn't done. If there is color in the text of a fashion magazines TOC it is usually included in the "sections" that seperate articles by category. Also, I included an editors note on the same page of my TOC. The editors note usually is on a separate page if not taking up that whole page. I did this not only to fill up some space but because the TOC and editors notes felt like they should belong together. I believe this as an editors note is a warm welcome to its reader with the TOC there guiding the reader to pick out the article they want to read.