Early Magazine Covers
Most early magazine covers included the title, publication information, and just information like that, like it was a book. When they included pictures they were just minor pictures to add a little interesting factor. Some included headlines to interest viewers like today, but surprisingly some magazines didn't even have a cover.
The Poster Cover
In the late 1800s this type of magazine cover was very popular and many talented illustrators emerged. The pictures on the cover were the kind of picture you would hang on your wall and they communicated such a message that all the words that magazine covers have today just weren't necessary. The picture communicated more of a general mood, rather than the actual articles in the magazine.This kind of cover remained successful among different magazine companies.
Pictures Married to Type
In this kind of magazine cover, text and headlines become more popular. The big thing about this type of cover is making the text and the picture on the cover work together in a symbiotic relationship. How do you make the text compliment the picture and the picture compliment the text? It has to do with depth and how you layer the text and pictures. Cover lines were once made to be very quiet and they didn't want them to stand out much, but they grew more daring with cover lines over time.
In the Forest of Words
Magazines started out very simple and quiet with just a title and some text. The attention of magazine covers then shifted towards pictures and there was very little text that went alongside these magnificent photos. As text increased and more focus was put on headlines, the text got bigger and got more focus. It happened more recent, but a lot of magazine covers now have very large headlines overlaying the picture, which is surprising since the picture used to be the most important thing.
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