Magazine types

Early Magazine Covers did not include all the descriptive words as today's magazines do. Most of the time they modeled after book covers which only included a title and publication data. Sometimes small illustrations were included for decoration purposes, rather than illustrating what would be inside. Many early magazines didn't even have a cover, they would just start with an article on the first page. As time progressed, magazines began adding more detail to their covers.

The Poster Cover have a huge, captivating photo as the main focus. Usually there aren't any cover lines or themes announced and the photos are generally not covered by the logo. Few to none cover lines are needed on these types of magazines because the large visual is usually what catches the eye.

Pictures Married to Type also contained a photo that reels people in, but unlike poster covers these rely heavily on cover lines to draw readers inside in a more definite way. Many methods have been used to integrate cover lines with cover photos. Cover models were often posed with space around them so cover lines can be placed on top of them.

In the Forest of Words is similar pictures married to type except the covers main focus is all the powerful cover lines. The photos are intruded with eye catching fonts, colors and variety of sizes. Some magazine covers even include cover lines that are larger that the actual magazine title. Cover lines flood the cover so the model has to withdraw to a smaller image.