magazine cover and contents codes and conventions
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Magazine cover and contents codes and
conventions
Charlotte Carty
Established brand so main image over laps masthead
Masthead at top of the page
Issue information
Main image relates to most important article
Direct address-grabs attention
Barcode and price
Colour Scheme
Bigger and unique font
Cover line matches main image, usually second biggest text on cover
Main cover line usually relates to the main image
Usually, magazines include puffs which are stickers or shapes which include an incentive to buy the magazine.
No text covers main images face
Cover lines to advertise articles
Mast head repeated
Title
Issue information Main image
matches main article
Previews of articles
Page numbers
Headline of article
Editors note
Sublines
House style
Section headers
No text covers faces
Subscription information
Multiple images alongside main image