The document provides codes and conventions for magazine covers, including using a simple color scheme with 3-4 maximum colors that don't clash, keeping cover lines in all capital letters and the same bold font to frame the main image, limiting cover lines to 5-6 maximum with additional detail provided in sub lines, and keeping backgrounds plain to make images stand out against a simple backdrop.
2. Colour scheme
• 3 or 4 colours maximum
• Simple colour scheme
• General primary colours, colours don't clash
with each other.
3. Text
• Cover lines- quite ambiguous on purpose to
draw the reader in always written in capitals.
• All cover lines use the same font (bold and
simple)
• Cover lines frame the image
• A main cover line anchors the main image
larger font that cover lines, but not larger than
the title.
• About 5/6 cover lines maximum
4. • Sub lines- adds detail to the cover line
• Cover line- not always making the story clear
• Background- to main image is plain to make
the image used stand out more
• Smaller- subsidiary images lint to other stories
inside of magazine or other cover lines self
font (with hooks) few fonts are used sons self
(plain font) times new roman or Ariel
• Cover lines- short!
