Magazine+Cover

Ana Elizondo  Areg Almardy

2. What do both of the covers have in common? They are both about artists that are legends in their field.  3. What is the main story in that issue and how does it relate to the image on the cover? Madonna - The picture shows beauty and the article is about why she's hot and beautiful. McCartney - He used to belong to a band, and in this picture he is shown alone, announcing his return after a long time break.  4. What design principles are evident in the cover image? The pictures are visually appealing. Everything is inside a box, the text is short and simple.

 The Evolution of the Magazine Cover  5. What were some charateristics of early magazine covers?  They had drawings, not pictures. They were very simple, and almost always had a moral in them and were about religious themes.

 6. What are some characteristics of the poster cover? They have a large picture that almost covers all of the front page, the magazine has only one main topic, covers had no words or very little, the pictures are visually appealing.

7. What is the purpose of cover lines?  To create interest in the reader so that he/she will buy the magazine.

 8. What is an "integrated" cover?  When the picture and the cover line are both in sink.

 9. How can the placement of cover lines effect the overall design of a cover? If there are a lot of cover lines then the magazine cover looks overcrowded and it makes it hard to read and looks messy.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">10. Describe the following styles of cover lines: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Outside the box <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is when you have everything separated in a magazine cover. The image is in one box, the title in another one, the cover lines in another one... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This was made so it would be simpler to print/read.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Inside the box Everything in the magazine is merged together.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Columns <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">One in a usually regular series of magazine articles.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Zones Different topics in "columns" on the cover.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Banners and Corners Covers that grab the attention of the public, they are really "loud." And they're known as mainstream publications.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Unplanned and Planned Spaces When you put text in awkward places and it doesn't look good, it looks messy.