Lynda Magazine Design Start to Finish The Cover-ZH

This course takes you step by step through the process of magazine cover design to create designs that are attractive, logical, consistent, and appropriate. It begins by providing insights on the importance of type, as type serves as your cover's "visible voice." Next, it demonstrates how to gather your influences, design for a specific cover size and shape, and use different fonts for your cover's nameplate. This course then shows a variety of layout options, including full bleeds, partial bleeds, and open space.

Topics include:
- The interactive design process
- Making design decisions
- Selecting typefaces and fonts
- Gathering design influences
- Designing nameplates
- Full-bleed layouts
- Partial bleed layouts
- Open-space layouts