Magazines Part II

Early Magazine Covers - The early magazine covers tended to contain minimal descriptive words and  didn't give any insight to what the magazine contained. In fact, the magazine covers were typically modeled after book covers. Since these magazine covers didn't look hardly like the covers we have today, there were minimal pictures, possibly containing one in the middle of the page.

The Poster Cover - The poster cover is an oversized magazine cover that contains minimal text on the front page and leaves a separation between the logo and the photo/illustration. Since the photo is so large, not many words are necessary and the photo is so prominent that even the logo is dwarfed by the picture.

Pictures Married to Type - In this type of magazine cover, the photo is contains a new form of a photo that shows more of the subject by introducing new 'turned' poses and full body pictures. To frame the subject's face, cover lines were used on all sides of the person in a border-like visual. A common feature was to overlap the title/logo with the picture.

In a Forest of Words - In this type of magazine cover, the words in a way "take over" the cover. The photograph is no longer in the foreground, which causes an overlap of the text on the photo. Because of the amount of text on the cover, lots of information is shown that can distract or attract the viewer.