Cover History

Cover types

1. Early Magazine Covers

- The early magazine usually consists of a 

drawing and piece of art with the beginning of 

the main story, title of the magazine and that's all.

2. The Poster Cover

-The poster covers consists of a full sized poster style 

portrait and the title of the magazine. 

3. Pictures Married to Type

-Pictures married to type usually consists of a main 

photo that is part of a theme which is also 

accompanied by captions of the same theme.

4. In the Forest of Words-

-In the forest of words is what you'd 

usually see on the cover of magazines now 

days, mostly female magazines and style magazines.  

The cover is usually filled with many different captions 

about losing weight, finding love, things that people find 

most interesting, even if it's not always good.