This document summarizes some common conventions used on music magazine covers. It notes that mastheads are typically in a special font in white with no effects. The main cover line is much larger than other text and runs across the middle to entice readers. Cover lines also promote special deals. Bar codes and issue numbers are included, and cover pictures sometimes overlap text.

1. By Max Collins
Conventions Of Music Magazines

3. NME
Cover linesThese are put in
place to entice
This is the
the reader by
MastheadSpecial font in giving them
white with no special deals
effect but in
bold.
Main Cover
line- Has
much larger
font size
compared to
rest of text , it
also runs
across the
rest the
middle of the
front cover.
The white on
the Red
Bar
background code
allows the
And
text to stand issue
out.
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This is the MastheadSpecial font in white with
no effect or embolden
Main Cover lineHas much larger
font size
compared to rest
of text , it also
runs across the
rest the middle of
the front cover.
The grey on the
white and black
background allows
the text to stand
out.
Cover lines- These are put in
place to entice the reader by
giving them special deals
Bar code
and
issue
number

5. Main title for
cover
magazine
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bands

6. Cover picture which
overlaps some of the
text
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bands