The document analyzes the textual elements of magazine covers for three publications: Taste of Home, Food Network, and Bon Appetite. It identifies and describes common elements such as the masthead, tagline, cover photo, puffs and puffs, cover lines, main cover lines, buzzwords, barcode, price, and strip. These elements are used across magazine covers to identify the publication, highlight key stories, and entice readers to purchase the issue.

1. TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF
MAGAZINES
1. Taste of Home
2. Food Network
3. Bon Appetite

2. TASTE OF HOME
Taste of Home is America's number 1 cooking magazine and your
number 1 recipe resource for delicious, family-favorite dishes!
Puff
Masthead
Main photoTag line
Main cover line
Cover lines
Strip

3. FOOD NETWORK
Food Network Magazine is a monthly food entertainment magazine
based on the latter's popular television network Food Network.
Masthead
Cover lines
Barcode
Cover photo
Strip
Tag line
Puff

4. BON APPETITE
Bon Appétit is an American food and entertaining magazine
published monthly
Masthead
Puff
Strip
Barcode
Cover lines
Cover photo
Buzz words
Main cover line

5. MASTHEAD
It is the title/logo/trademark of a magazine, in one or two words. It
fills the width of the cover or top left corner.

6. TAGLINE
It is under the masthead. It gives the magazine description or issue
highlights.

7. COVER PHOTO
Also known as the main photo or anchor photo. It features the main
article. The photo is a medium close up shot and represents the genre
of the magazine.

8. PUG AND PUFF
It gives us a promotional offer, or an eye catching graphic to advertise
what else can we found in the magazine. It looks more like a sticker
stuck. Usually round and around the inside of the cover.

9. COVER LINES
These are the lines of text on the front cover designed to attract the
audience.

10. MAIN COVER LINES
The largest text on the cover after the title and anchors the meaning
of the image. It is usually referred as the sub-line.

11. BUZZWORDS
Usually with the main feature article for example “exclusive”, “free”
and “plus”

12. BARCODE/PRICE
It is on the bottom right or top right side of the magazine. Sometimes
it may be the date/month of edition, price, website, and issue number

13. STRIP
It contains a list of items featured in a magazine. Sometimes
diagonally in the corner.