New look magazine...

[fatmac]

YUK!

Far too 'American' looking/tatty...

(Plus, it could do with a darker & larger font for the text.)

Who dreams up all these terrible changes to our club....

[warrenrobertzeller]

In the first place, our club is no longer a club.

[geocycle]

I like it, lots to read and some good touring articles. The refresh looks less tired than the old format.

In terms of the brand, I’m not keen on the bright orange but prefer it to the pale blue.

[danceswithcats]

I always enjoy the magazine but have a problem with some of the text. In particular, orange subtitles are illegible to me.

For general accessibility for even mildly dyslexic or visually impaired people, you should stick to black text against white page or light-coloured images, and white text against darker background. It's all about clear outlines of letters.

Still, as I say, I love the magazine and appreciate my membership of whatever the organisation is called this week.

[mattheus]

I always enjoy the magazine but have a problem with some of the text. In particular, orange subtitles are illegible to me.

For general accessibility for even mildly dyslexic or visually impaired people, you should stick to black text against white page or light-coloured images, and white text against darker background. It's all about clear outlines of letters.

Still, as I say, I love the magazine and appreciate my membership of whatever the organisation is called this week.

Ditto to most of that. I'm not dyslexic, but I'm slightly colour-blind, and for quite a few years a number of print magazines have had these kinds of problems; the frustration is that with every "refresh" they tend to create a new problem!

[Is this something Journalism and Graphic Design courses should cover? Or is the problem that most staff in these kinds of jobs have no relevant training? Don't know ... ]

[Bmblbzzz]

Not journalism, no, I wouldn't think. It should be part of a graphic design course, yes. There are ways of calculating contrast etc and in certain contexts there regulations that are legally enforceable. Not for a commercial or membership magazine though.