Cover History

Cover types


1. Early Magazine Covers - For these magazine covers, there was normally only the title. There were few magazine covers that showed any other words of what was actualy in the magazine. From the 1700s and 1800s, there were some magazines that showed the table of contents on the cover page. After that some magazine covers came out with a symbolic covering of what was in the magazine. Around the 1800s, magazines began to have coverlines and began to experiment more with symmetry lines.

2. The Poster Cover - The magazines with poster cover seemed to be oversized like to be posted or hung on a wall. Like, the posters are framed by the rest of the magazine. Most of the covers had gorgeous drawings or paintings or pothographs of things that captivate you. Poster Covers are still up to this date.

3. Pictures Married to Type - Basically, The picture(s) or art on the cover are on top of the name of the magazine. Cover designers find a way to fit the words on the cover, either somewhat covering some of the picture or art on the page or around to fit the picture.

4. In the Forest of Words - Basically, adding a lot of words and finding the best way to fit them, only in this case, they change color and font/font size to add layer depth to make a certain phrase or word show up more and catch the viewers eye.