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Designing a Cover


After finishing my magazine layout, I used all of what I learned to design my magazine cover. While finishing this, there were things that I needed to make sure I have on my cover. This includes...

- A title
- A headline
- A dominant picture
- Secondary headlines
- Additional pictures
- A price
- A publishing date
- An address label
- A barcode
- External and internal margins
- The use of white space
- Elements of design
- The use of micro, conventional, and macro spacing




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