Creating Masthead

So now that I have the background of my cover completed, it is time to add it to Adobe Indesign and start the process of editing it all together. The first thing to do is create the Masthead of the cover.

Creating Font and Color

• The font I chose was the playfair display font, as decided in my previous blogs. 
• And how I did the colors was a tedious job. What I did, was individually change each letter to each of the color variants that I had chose in my previous blogs. For example, the "H" would be color "#785494"(random number not an actual color) where as the "O" next to it would be a completely different color, just a darker shade to create that clear blend from yellow to dark orange.
• The size of the font would be 120 so that it took up the entirety of the page. I did this so that the masthead would be a eye catcher and make it pop more.

The Mini Font

As discussed in previous blogs, I wanted to add a smaller text above my masthead between the letters L and T which said "Health&Fitness."

• I added the text "Health&Fitness" and kept it as the playfair display font and made the color of it that darker orange so it blends well with the larger colors around it. But also because in that area, there is a large portion of light in the photo which restricted me from using any lighter colors around that area.

Creating a Background 

The next step I will be doing is creating a background for the masthead so it pops out more and is more visible for the viewer.

• First thing I did was create a rectangle going across the page horizontally by using the rectangle tool.
• Then I sent it behind both my text but kept it in front of the background.
• After, I using fill, I made the color of the rectangle white
• Then, I messed around with the opacity of the rectangle until I got it exactly how i wnated it to be, which ended up being around 78%.
• Lastly, I edited the sized a bit until it became proportional on both sized and gave the text enough space to breathe

Final Product: