Magazine Covers

Early Magazine Covers

American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, 1835

The magazine cover is only in black and white. The picture takes up only a small portion of the cover where as the magazines in our days take up the whole cover. The text is small all except the title and it also gives off the authors.

The Poster Cover

Vogue, 1917

The picture is bigger but still doesn't take up the whole cover. The cover only shows some color not a wide variety of colors, plus the picture is just a drawing, not a portrait.

Pictures Married to Types

McClure's, 1916

 

The picture takes up the whole cover and the photo looks more realistic than the other photos, the writing is clear but it's hard to see the title, which by the way, takes up a lot of the top.

In the Forest of Words

Music, 1998

The picture shows more colors and it looks more brighter and happy. There is also a bar code on the bottom, the title is clearly shown on the top and it looks a lot more detailed than older versions of magazines.