Magazine Covers

Cover types
1. Early Magazine Covers- Some magazines had the title and table of contents, also other magazines would use the same as a book cover. Magazines had fewer photos and more words, some also had more photos and less words in the mid 1700's.
2. The Poster Cover- Many of these magazines that were made during the 1890's to 1960's had memorable covers. The magazines looked as if they were printed and framed onto the wall. Many during 1890 and 1940 didn't relate about the the story inside.
3. Pictures Married to Type-  The photos contained a large title that had the models face overlapping the words sometimes, also had a full body photo, and also had cover lines. Some photos had the words overlapping the photo and bolder lines. In late 1972 the words on the magazine could be underlined in three different colors. In the 80's new software allowed to photo publish and font creation.
4. In the Forest of Words- In the 21 century cover lines came important to the photograph, covers started to reflect culture, advertising, competing values, web-surfing.