Friday, January 28, 2011

Magazine cover styles

Cover types:

1. Early Magazine Covers
2. The Post Cover
3. Pictures Married to Type
4. In The Forest of Words


Early magazine covers always had drawings on them. They were usually very simple and they often had kind of a moral theme to them.

In the forest of words, there should be a lot of wording on the cover. Some bold words that are eye-catching and some aren't. Many different colors, fonts, sizes. Lots of points of entry/entry points; there's lots of ways to get you to buy the magazine. The words dominate the impact of the picture. Sometimes, there's too much stuff going on.

In pictures married to type, they compliment each other (the words and the picture). Tells you what's going on in the photo and what you expect to see inside the magazine.Some people may find this boring. Less points of entry mean less buyers. Boring colors, pictures, words. Should be appealing to the eye. The use of color makes a big deal in this.

In the poster cover, it's a really big picture that almost covers the whole thing; very small set of words, that absolutely only have to do with that topic. The pictures tend to be more visually appealing. Can be boring. Hard to know what's going to be inside the magazine. If the picture is not awesome, people are not going to pick up the magazine.




Stuff every magazine cover has

-Title of magazine
-Date
-Photo

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