Magazines Part II

Cover types

1. Early Magazine Covers

Early magazine covers began with just a title and publication date, then the symbols were introduced with the cover lines. They sometimes added a symbolic figure or picture along with the covers. Although, many of the magazines did not even have covers, it was in the 1800's that the standard covers actually started to show up regularly.

2. The Poster Cover

After the late 1800's, it was widely popular to experiment with the Poster Cover type and many even became nationally famous because of it. Similar to the earlier covers, the magazine covers had little to any information about what is inside, besides the title and author, it would just be the illustration or photo.

3. Pictures Married to Type

Includes the use of techniques to form a cover to intrigue the demographic into reading forwards. The use of the models, the images background and how the words will be displayed is what depends on the magazines' success. This type of upbringing in the covers began in in the early 1900's using different editing to appeal to its viewers.

4. In the Forest of Words
Although, the photo can't uphold everything in the cover, what matters is what is inside and words are the best way to communicate that. The headline brings so much importance in the cover or else it would not connect with the demand and be as relevant, which would lead to no sales.