Codes and Conventions of a Front Cover and Music Magazine:

• Title is always on the top left - usually one word, full paged width
• Issue number/date/cost
• Barcode - always on the front, adverts on the back
• Consistant colour scheme - few colours
• One main image - usually a band or singer, usually a medium close-up not smiling conveys an attitude
• Direct Address - they are looking at the reader
• Main cover line - anchors the meaning of the main image - largest on the page.
• Coverlines - two or three lines, information about the contents, intrigues the audience
• Typography is consistent and only a few fonts are used
• Two types of typography - SERIF(hook): Times New Roman, SANS SERIF(without hook): Arial
• Connotations of the font reflects the target audience and the subject.
• Puff - something additional and extra, usually free
• Buzzwords - 'EXCLUSIVE'