This document describes the codes and conventions used in magazine layout and design. Magazines use bold and larger text for headings to stand out from other text. The main story image is larger than others to indicate importance. Numbers are bold to highlight the ordering of stories. Column layouts organize content. Cover lines and headings introduce images and stories. Logos identify the publication.

1. Codes &
Conventions

2. Contents
Page
Name of the magazine on the
contents page.
Heading is bold and is a
different size to the other
text.
Main image is
bigger than the
rest, so you know
which is the main
story.
Numbers are bold
and stand out to
the background.
Column
layout.
Bold heading, standing
out to the rest of the
text on the page.
Column
layout.
Cover lines, main
ones surrounded by
a banner.
Large image
showing the
main story is
about the
image.
Numbers
are in
order.
Logo.
Heading
explaining
the image.