NOTES on magazine covers:

Cover type:
1.Early magazine covers:

• Non photos
• Drawing 
• Big areas of color
• Typically not date line or barcode
• Not much action
• Topic were often church related (good vs evil)

2.The poster cover:

• Main focus on picture
• Words talk about picture cover
• Not many words at all
• Picture better be very good or it will not be eye catching

3.Pictures married to type:

• Less words than forest of words
• Words incorporated with photo
• Picture in background
• Most words are together
• A little boring
• Not many entry points(places where viewer get interested)

4.In the forest of words:

• Many words 
• Different fonts
• Sizes and colors.
• Words distract 
• Not able to see full photograph

Stuff that should be on magazine cover:

• Title
• Picture
• Barcode
• Price
• Date line