Cover Types

1. Early Magazine Covers - They provided only the title and the table of contents usually in the front. They also looked like book covers with a small illustration on the front with no color. Also something that was used for two centuries was a symbolic pictured used in the front without revealing any of the issues that were inside the magazine. Many of the magazines didn't have a front cover and began an article on the first page.Then in the end of 19th century they started using cover lines on the front of magazines.

2.The Poster Cover- The poster covers looked so nice and neat they looked like they were printed and ready to be framed and hung up on the wall. The poster cover usually wasn't related to anything inside the magazine the cover usually expressed something about a season or a mood. As time passed cover lines were used more and more on the front now instead of just the picture my itself it was the picture with phrases around it. The poster covers were usually filled with color to catch the readers attention.

3.Pictures Married to Type- Usually the pictures were with models in a certain position sometimes over lapping the title making an unusual and expressive posture located sometimes in different locations. The placement of the picture depends on the depth of the picture and by layering the planes on the magazine. Usually they included eight planes on just the first page including the pictures. They layering effect is important because you have to position everything perfect and not let the cover lines block the effects. They began using larger font and different colors all on the front page. The things your magazine has to contain so it can "sell" is a logo, picture, cover lines, and color schemes. 

4.In the Forest of Words- They tried getting away from the artistic covers to more intense photography with a large amount of vivid cover lines. Sometimes some cover lines were larger then the name of the magazine just to catch your attention. A powerful picture is rarely enough for cover magazines covers there has to be more to it with cover lines related to the picture. The 92% of magazine covers include vivid, large, prominent cover lines. Cover lines have flooded the cover space forcing the publishers to make the picture of the model smaller to not over lap with all the cover lines. Now instead of being focused on the model we are focused on the bushes of words surrounding the model on the cover page.