Typography / cover lines from magazines:
Here I will be looking at typography / cover lines from magazines
Main Cover Lines: The main cover line is smaller than the masthead but larger than the other cover lines. The font colour is the same as the other cover lines but it is written in bold near the masthead. It is meant to be the eye catching cover line. After having read the masthead the readers eyes will go straight down to the main cover line. It is the biggest typeface on the page (apart from the mast head) and in white against the models brown hair so that is stands our clearly.
Cover lines also known as ‘puffs’ tell us the stories that are in the magazine. The colour of the cover lines is the same as the main cover line but the font is smaller to make the main cover line stand out. There are quite a few cover lines, which are spread around the magazine cover. They are normally the last things that are read. The language that is used in the cover lines is used so the readers want to open the magazine and read on. This particular cover line suggests that the magazine is for adult women.
- Taken from Magazine Cover Slide Show
Cover lines also known as ‘puffs’ tell us the stories that are in the magazine. The colour of the cover lines is the same as the main cover line but the font is smaller to make the main cover line stand out. There are quite a few cover lines, which are spread around the magazine cover. They are normally the last things that are read. The language that is used in the cover lines is used so the readers want to open the magazine and read on. This particular cover line suggests that the magazine is for adult women.
- Taken from Magazine Cover Slide Show
Magazine Cover Secrets:
Masthead: the name of the magazine goes directly at the top of the page
Dateline: Month and date of the publication, often with the price underneath
Main image: This is where the main image of the model is shown
Model Credit: It is rarely seen on normal magazines but it is done sometimes on fashion magazines.
Coverline: From the 1950s, greater competition on the newsstands resulted in more cover lines
Main Cover Line: This is very large - taking up almost a quarter of the magazine cover - and comes in three layers, each with a different colour.
Left Third: The left third of the magazine cover is vital for sales in shops where the magazine is not shown full-frontage.
Bar Code: Standard bar code used by retailers, displayed on UK magazines since 1988.
Cover lines: They may be tweaked to exploit new printing techniques; switch from full face to a body shot; use illustration rather than photography; move the target readership age up or down; or simply to freshen things up.
Dateline: Month and date of the publication, often with the price underneath
Main image: This is where the main image of the model is shown
Model Credit: It is rarely seen on normal magazines but it is done sometimes on fashion magazines.
Coverline: From the 1950s, greater competition on the newsstands resulted in more cover lines
Main Cover Line: This is very large - taking up almost a quarter of the magazine cover - and comes in three layers, each with a different colour.
Left Third: The left third of the magazine cover is vital for sales in shops where the magazine is not shown full-frontage.
Bar Code: Standard bar code used by retailers, displayed on UK magazines since 1988.
Cover lines: They may be tweaked to exploit new printing techniques; switch from full face to a body shot; use illustration rather than photography; move the target readership age up or down; or simply to freshen things up.
Q Cover:
This Q cover has only 5 cover lines and the mast head, this enables the cover star to still be the main focus, if Q added any more cover lines it would overlap the picture too much.
For my own magazine cover, I am going to have the main cover line and then keep it to 3-5 other cover lines, depending on how much free space there is on the cover.
For my own magazine cover, I am going to have the main cover line and then keep it to 3-5 other cover lines, depending on how much free space there is on the cover.