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Contents Conventions

The contents page helps organize the magazine and makes it easier for readers to find specific topics or articles. Different magazines use different layouts and features for their contents page. Today, I will be going over the main conventions that magazines tend to use.

Title                                                                                                                                                                      For starters, this page always includes the title "Contents" to let readers know that it is the spot where they will find the magazine's outline. 

Main Image                                                                                                                                                           This is the large image featured on the page. At times, the contents page may have more than one image or even none. 

Subheadings                                                                                                                                                     When the contents page is divided into different broad topics, they are listed as subheadings. This makes it easier for readers to look for articles under a certain category of the magazine that interests them. 

Color Scheme                                                                                                                                                   The color scheme is usually simple and minimalistic to allow the audience to read all of the information on the page. Simple color schemes help ensure that readers do not get distracted from the page content.

Columns                                                                                                                                                           The information is often times set into two or more columns to organize the article titles and their corresponding pages. 

Editor Information                                                                                                                                                       To credit the magazine editor and/or photographer, contents pages often have a small section crediting them. Some contents pages even include pictures of the editor(s). 



Sources

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/126593439504785848/

https://prezi.com/mpql0vx_vdgd/codes-and-conventions-of-a-magazine-contents-page/

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