The cover can be a cover or a cover.
The notion of cover has several uses. The first meaning mentioned in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) refers to a mask that is used to hide the face.
The term cover can even be used in reference to the face : the front sector of the head or face. Other uses of the concept are linked to showbiz (the world of entertainment) and the sphere in which the hands of a clock rotate.
The cover as a cover or cover
Beyond these meanings, cover is usually used to name the cover , the cover or the case of different objects. Books, video tapes, cassettes, and records, for example, have covers.
Take the case of books . The cover is the cover: the outer front part that protects the pages and generally includes the same information as the cover (the author's name, the title of the work, and the publisher in charge).
The cover of a record , compact disc or cassette, meanwhile, is usually a photograph or an illustration that identifies the album in question. This material allows the work to be recognized since it is common for it to also display the name of the artist.
Music albums have cover art.
Purchase incentive
In these areas, the cover is of great importance because in many cases they serve as a trigger for a purchase. We must remember that consumers do not always find out about the products that go on sale, even those that might interest them; That's why there are advertising campaigns, which can be carried out by many means, from the radio to the Internet, including posters placed at strategic points on public roads.
The cover of a record or a book must be very attractive and impressive to gain your attention in a fraction of a second. Given the volume of products that have been created so far, it is not very beneficial to seek absolute originality: it is unrealistic to think that "our creation will be different from all the others." However, authenticity as a starting point, as a source of ideas, is recommended because it allows for a result that is related to its creator, that identifies with him and no one else.
The cover as a presentation page
A cover, on the other hand, is a page that functions as a presentation or introduction . Suppose that students of a certain subject must submit an academic text. The teacher asks them to detail their name and the title of the document on the cover page. Thus, before the content itself, the teacher encounters this data.
Although the cover of a book and that of an academic work or a subject are different, they all have certain aspects in common. First, they must present certain very specific data in a way that is readable and easy to find. Whether it is the title of the book or research work, the name of its creators, the publishing label, the date or a subtitle, all of this must be legible.
To do this we must think about several factors, starting with the position of each element, something essential to organize them in a way that the reader can find them intuitively; For example, in a document it is normal for the title to precede all other elements, but in a music album, not. Then we must think about the type of font, and to do so also decide its size, weight, effects and color. This last property, however, must be decided based on the background, to ensure that it contrasts appropriately.
The decoration of a cover depends on the scope: for a book or a music album, there are not many limits beyond the genre to which they belong and the type of audience to which they are directed.