This document summarizes the key elements that typically appear on the front cover of a magazine, including: 1) The main image and subline which relate to the main article and grab the reader's attention. 2) The main coverline which provides more details about the main article. 3) The masthead displaying the magazine's name and any strap lines with additional information. 4) A barcode to identify pricing and other details when scanned at checkout. 5) Coberlines and puffs that provide sneak peeks of additional articles to attract a wider audience.

1. By Danielle Niccolls.

2. Main Image and subline
Main image-
 The main image relates to the main
coverline and covers the majority of the
page.
 Depending on weather or not the magazine
is popular, the image some times covers
part of the Masthead.
Subline-
 Short sub heading which captures the
readers attention usually using repetition.

3. Main coverline
 Allows the reader to find out more about
the main article in the magazine.
 The main coverline is used to tell the
reader what the main article in the
magazine is about.
 It uses the same colour scheme of the
front cover but it also stands out the
most as it is bigger than the other
coverlines.

4. Masthead and strap line
 Masthead-
Displays the name of the magazine, it
normally goes from left to right and at the top
of the magazine. A line of type on the front page
of a newspaper or the cover of a periodical
giving the name of the publication.
Strapline-
Bar across the top or bottom of the
page which provided additional information.

5. Barcode
 Barcode-
Allows the shop keeper to scan it and
find out the price and what the object is, each
barcode is different depending on what the
product is.a series of lines of varying width,
printed, as on a container or product, that can
be read by an optical scanner to determine
charges for purchases, destinations for
magazines, etc.

6. Website.
 A website is used to allow the reader to
go online and find out more about the
magazine itself and the articles in the
magazine.

7. Coverline.
 These allow the reader to have sneak
peeks of what will be included in the
article apart from just the main article, it
also displays to the reader that if they
don’t like the main celebrity they might
like what else is inside therefore getting
a wider audience.

8. Colour scheme, puffs and
buzzwords.
 colour scheme of 3-4 colours is normally
on the front of magazines.
 Puffs are extra details in a bubble.
 Buzzwords are words used to intrigue
the audience eg. FREE or NEW.

9. Price and Pugs.
 If it is a very popular magazine there will
be many more issues
 Fake page curls.

10. Masthead
Strap line
Barcode
Website
Coverline
Simple
colour
scheme
Price, issue
number and
date
Puff