The magazine cover features key elements like the masthead, cover lines, main cover image, main cover line and date. The masthead is the title in bold at the top to identify the magazine. Cover lines provide snippets of inside content. The main image is usually a celebrity to attract readers. The main cover line highlights the main topic. The date of issuance and price are also included.

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2. MASTHEAD
COVER LINE
MAIN COVER
LINE
MAIN PHOTO
MAIN COVER
LINE
COVER LINE
Date
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3. This is the name of the magazine printed in bold letters usually on
the top. This ensures readers or potential readers to recognize the
magazine from afar and also creates a branding image making the
magazine house a prominence amongst competition.
The magazine name is usually written in dark letters with a lighter
background to create brand visibility.
The VOGUE fashion magazine house publishes the country name
within the masthead because of its many branches worldwide. A
common convention is that they fit the country name in any of the
letters of the masthead.
MASTHEAD

4. Main Cover Image
This image usually depicts a model or any
celebrity
of sorts who has given a personal interview
with the magazine within that month.
This particular image portrays the model and
actress Kate Upton wearing an outfit from a
famous fashion house and colors
complimenting the magazine theme.
Main Cover Line
This is the main selling point of the
magazine
which is related to the exclusive
interview given by the celebrity with
regard to a certain topic.
The tagline above is usually meant
to grab attention by using striking
words and font.

5. MAIN COVER LINE
This line is meant to display the
more widespread topics within the
magazine. This particular line says,
“How to wear the looks of 2014”,
which involves fashion advice and
trending styles of the latest fast or
high fashion houses.
These lines are written
in different fonts and
text colors to create a
classier and blended
look to the design of
the magazine. The
word Beleza is written
in larger font means
‘beauty’
LAYOUT & TYPOGRAPHY
The layout of this magazine is in a ‘C’ shape. This
creates an aura of sophistication and gives visibility to
the main cover image.

6. WEBSITE
This helps readers to visit the official website
of the magazine house where they can
choose any previous or the latest issues to
read and sign up to newsletters or subscribe
online.
ISSUE NUMBER AND MONTH OF ISSUE
This is the issue number of
the magazine which also
helps people to search for
particular issues easily.
Because this magazine is
published monthly, the
month of issue is also
added.
COLOR SCHEME
Every issue of VOGUE has a different color
palette monthly according to the angle and
trend of the month. The model or celebrity
illustrated on the cover is usually dressed
according to the color palette to give a
glamorous look to the magazine.

7. MASTHEAD
COVER LINE
BARCODE
MAIN COVER
LINE
PUFF
MONTH/DATE
MAIN IMAGE
TAGLINE

8. MASTHEAD
The cover of Cosmopolitan magazine
depicts the masthead on the top in bold
and eye-catching letters.
The Cosmopolitan is a must-have for
women as it contains beauty tips and
fashion advice.
MAIN COVER IMAGE
This displays the celebrity of
the month.
This issue has Sonam
Kapoor, the model and
actress,
on the cover and contains
an interview with her talking
about fashion, her family
etc.
BARCODE
This can be
scanned for the
date of issue,
price and the
location where
the magazine is
purchased.

9. PUFF
This is meant to attract the reader’s attention to the
magazine’s own piece of news headlines. It is a
pop-up of any exclusive information to make the
magazine more appealing.
MAIN COVER LINE
This cover line shows the main
purpose of the issue of the month,
depending on the frequency of the
issuance of the magazines.

10. COVER LINE
This is relating to marketing
research which is relevant to
the main cover line and the
purpose of the magazine
which covers beauty advice.
TAGLINE
This is a tagline that changes every month.
This highlights the uniqueness of each issue and hence
enhances the selling point.
DATE OF ISSUE
This displays the date
of issue of the
magazine.

11. COVER LINE
MAIN IMAGE
MAIN COVER
LINE
MASTHEAD
DATE

12. MASTHEAD
Masthead is known to be title of the cover that is the most prominent text . It is
usually seen on the top of the page in bold and dark color.
COVER LINES
Cover lines provides the
audience a sneak peak
regarding what’s inside
the magazine.
They usually fill up the
spaces on the cover
making it more appealing.

13. MAIN COVER
IMAGE
This is the cover photo
located on the center
of the page. Main
image usually consists
of celebrity in order it
appealing to the
audience.

14. MAIN COVER LINE
After the masthead the second largest text seen on the cover is the ‘main cover line’.
This text highlights the main content of the magazine. It can be seen on bottom
center or corner of the page.
DATE
This is the date of issuance with the price of the
magazine.