Magazine cover and contents codes and conventions

Magazine cover and contents codes and

conventions

Charlotte Carty

Established brand so main image over laps masthead

Masthead at top of the page

Issue information

Main image relates to most important article

Direct address-grabs attention

Barcode and price

Colour Scheme

Bigger and unique font

Cover line matches main image, usually second biggest text on cover

Main cover line usually relates to the main image

Usually, magazines include puffs which are stickers or shapes which include an incentive to buy the magazine.

No text covers main images face

Cover lines to advertise articles

Mast head repeated

Title

Issue information Main image

matches main article

Previews of articles

Page numbers

Headline of article

Editors note

Sublines

House style

Section headers

No text covers faces

Subscription information

Multiple images alongside main image