Online magazine design is a complex topic, but one consistent element is the value of typography. Great web design hinges on typography and this is especially true for blogs & magazines.
The following examples have been hand-picked to showcase excellent typographic techniques for magazine layouts. These websites must account for thousands(or millions) of unique visitors each month. Dense content has an impact on typography and will assuredly play a role in your design choices. These online magazine layouts demonstrate clean methods for content structure while maintaining typographic integrity.
The Wall Street Journal
The Economist
The New Yorker
Architectural Digest
Harper’s Magazine
The New Inquiry
Boston Review
Reader’s Digest
Time
Spin Magazine
NYMag
The Nation
Washington Times
New Scientist
Wired
Mental Floss
The Atlantic
City Journal
Misc Magazine
Forbes
Vogue
The Paris Review
Aeon Magazine
Popular Mechanics
Foreign Affairs
First Things
Smithsonian
Discover
Monocle
Esquire
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Author: Jake Rocheleau
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