Magazines part 2

Early Magazine Covers-
The main attribute for Early Magazine Covers was trying to model their covers similar to books at that time. On the cover the only information it had was the title of the magazine and the publication information. Magazines also had table of contents cover. There ere many generic covers in this time period. Besides the plain generic covers some magazines didn't  have covers, such as newspapers.

The Poster Cover-
Most magazine covers during the time period of 1890's to 1960's were poster covers. Poster covers were used so often that it seemed to be the only magazine cover that existed. Charles Dana Gibson and Maxfield Parrish were very famous in the 1900's. They were very famous because many of their art work appeared on poster covers of magazines. 

Pictures Married to Type-
The main attribute of Pictures Married to Type was to draw in readers by their cover lines. Most magazines just had art work and pictures on the covers. Pictures Married to Type magazines had pictures and art work ,but besides that they had cover lines. These were the first famous magazines to have cover lines. 

In the forest of Words-
The main attribute for In the forest of Words was to draw in readers attention by adding descriptions on the cover. In the forest of Words were the first famous magazines to have descriptions of what was in the magazine, on the cover. Nowadays a picture for the cover is not enough to catch someones attention. That is why magazines now have big titles, cover lines, and a description on the cover.