As fun as retro video game magazines are, did you know they still make fresh ones, and talented layout designers work on them? I feel that every time I flip through Edge. Every issue has its own feel, so you can expect them in my regular rotation.
Game magazines are great places to see art in different styles clash and create visual noise. Look at how these vertical lines go in and out of the assets. There’s some clever masking going on here.
But the typographers can make a page of just text look dynamic and inviting, too. You’ve got a pink line by the title to help ground the pink highlights on the page, a blue pull quote to break up the columns, and a cute blue box at the end to signal that we’re done here. It all belongs, and you never forget where you are.
Whoever made this E with the paper airplane tucked in there, know I appreciate you.
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