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Today I’m going to talk another really important part of a magazine; the table contents. I've previously talk about house styles and analyzed a cover using everything learned from research. Well today I’m going to do something similar.
A magazines table of content is where you can find the page numbers for the information you are looking for. Sometimes they might be overlooked because they aren’t as important as the actual magazine. But for a writer it is very important to get everything right and make sure it blends in with the rest of the magazine. This page can be done however a writer feels like this can be done is so many different ways which makes it all more unique. A table of contents has the name of the magazine, the issue or volume number, an image, headings, article information, and of course the page numbers.
All magazines want to be recognized so it’s no mistake to have their tittle on the table of contents. Not only does this make the magazine more visually appealing but it makes it more put together and it gives us the understanding that the creators know what they are doing. The tittle is not usually as big as it is in the cover but it’s big enough to be seen right away. Now the issue or volume number on the other hand are placed in where you can’t really see them. This is because readers don’t really care about this, it’s more for the creators to keep things in order, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t important as this can help collectors too. But another thing very visible is an image in the table of contents. This is to keep readers entertained and not just look at a page with a bunch on words. The whole purpose of magazines is to look at the interesting images as they are reading which just having words makes the reader not follow along. Although sometimes it can have quotes this have a different color other than the main one being used. But using pull quotes doesn’t really intrigue people as much as visuals do. And if this page doesn’t have an I image or a pull quote it would make it up by using different colors that can make it stand out.
Now look deeper into the writing that goes on in a table of contents. So of course the page has to have the tittle table of contents so people can know what exactly is what they are looking at. Headings are very important readers can easily find what they what to read by knowing the tittle of it. Headings are usually bolded or in a visible font color. Somewhere close to it should be the article information. This can also help readers known if they want to dig in and read that article, nobody can force the readers to read the articles but one can help them understand why it could be entertaining to read. This is a fun way to get viewers engaged also. And lastly, something that can’t be forgotten, the page number. This also has to be close to the article information and the heading as this the guide that would be used to locate everything in the magazine.
I hope you enjoyed todays blog and learned as much as I did while doing my research, come back for the next blog where I’ll breakdown the table of contents of a famous magazine!
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