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.