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7/17/2019 Magazine Cover
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Cover lines- This gives
a taste of the contents.
Usually, one of the linesis bolder to attract
attention then a brief
explanation
underneath.
When the main image is super
imposed it sometimes covers part of
the masthead. This can only be done
when the magazine is well nown
and the name of the magazine is
!asthead- The masthead is
the largest text on the
magazine cover. "t is a
uni#ue font made only for
the magazine company. The masthead follows the
same colour scheme e as
the rest of the cover, on
this magazine it is grey,yellow and blac.
$n the front cover
there are a small
number of fonts
used to eep the
page structured and
not all over the%ositioning statement- This
is lie a slogan that
explains brie&y what the
magazine is about.
'arcode- 'arcodes arenearly always on the
front of a magazine.
Companies pay for the
bac page of amagazine so do not
want a barcode taing
up some of the advert.
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%rice and issue
date- These are
usually thesmallest writing on
a cover page.
Cover line- This is the line
that anchors the meaning ofthe main image.
1anchorage- %inning downthe meaning of an image,
usually the second biggest
Colour bars- These
are used to highlight
words of an article to
get the reader
intrigued to read it.
!ain image- This is the biggest picture on a
magazine cover. "t is always a brightly lit picture
with the model maing eye contact with thereader. The main image is always taen in a close
up, medium close up or medium long shot.