Cover History

Cover types:
1. Early Magazine Covers-
Early Magazine Covers were not really covers, they mainly looked like title pages in books. Not telling anything that was inside the magazine, just the name, publication date, and who made it. It might have a small illustration, that appeared to have a decorative purpose, rather than to illustrate the contents. In the late 1800s they started putting more on the cover such as, if the magazine talked about music, art, or science.

2. The Poster Cover-
The Poster Cover started having color in the magazine covers. Most of the illustration looked as if they were suppose to be framed and hung on a wall instead of on a magazine cover. These still did not say what was waiting on the inside of the magazine, just a photo of something that might be in there.

3. Pictures Married to Type-
The Pictures Married to Type magazine cover relied heavily on cover lines to draw readers inside in a more definite way than the cover art could accomplish. These covers had some titles of some stories that were in the magazine, but not many.

4. In the Forest of Words-
In the Forest of Words magazine cover, almost the entire cover is covered with descriptions of stories that are inside the magazine. Some story headlines were larger than the actual title of the magazine.