Magazine cover lines introduction

Early magazine covers :
In the early times magazine covers did not have covers but opened to where they were title pages and table of contents. When magazines did use covers though they modeled them after books only giving the title and the publication data.  They never described what would be found in the magazine. This all  existed from 1700s to the 1800s.

The poster covers:
From the 1890s to the 1960s poster covers were the big magazine covers. It set major standards for magazine covers because it made so many memorable magazine covers. They were very big and colorful. Super detailed because the illustrators using their artistic nature would make them look so well done. Eventually this became the way for all magazine covers.

Pictures married to type:
The 20th century was the time that most of the magazines were drawn out by artist. Very detailed work and was also very colorful. They didn't take many pictures. Cover lines were also common. The 20th century magazines were a work of art.


In the Forest of Words:
The magazines were big and had alot of detail. The pictures were taken by a photographer and not drawn by any artist of some sort. There are words describing what is going on inside the magazine and what is going on with the person or what ever picture is on the cover of the magazine. Everything is being described in big detail making a big difference between the rest of the past types of magazines.