Early Magazine Covers
Early magazines used either a table of contents for the cover page or a small illustration for decoration. As time went on, magazine covers became more and more interesting; taking care to illustrate what the magazine was about rather than an irrelevant illustration.
The Poster Cover
In the early 1800's, more professional illustrations appeared. Soon, the more popular covers had little to no words: just illustrations. This applied to covers that had pictures, such as this one. Magazines tried to create a memorable cover without using words.
Pictures Married to Type
Soon, another type of magazine layout became popular. This layout included text around the main model talking about what was inside the magazine. Usually, the model was almost a full body shot with the text carefully laid out around her. This is still a very common layout today.
In the Forest of Words
Most recently, the Forest of Words layout has been introduced. It's where the cover lines are as important as the cover art, not bothering to leave room around the model.
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