Magazine Covers Throughout the Years

The main attributes for early magazine covers are that they didn't necessarily look like the magazine covers of today. They most resembled a book cover with a title and table of contents. Sometimes they would include an illustration that was supposed to be symbolic. The poster cover was mostly known for not using any words and allowing the photo to speak for itself. The magazine cover only include a title and the photo. The pictures married to type main attributes are offering lots of headlines and subheadlines to get the viewer's attention. This is helpful when someone is passing a magazine and sees a headline that sticks out and makes them want to purchase the magazine. Magazines that are considered "in the forest of words" contain headlines that are actually larger than the actual title of the magazine. This helps the magazine get more readers and sell more in a competitive field.