Cover refers to the outer layer of books and periodicals. Sometimes it refers to the first side with the title, author or editor, name of the publishing house, etc. From Ba Jin's "Home" XI: "My grandfather just gave me a thread-bound book. I read the title of the book with a white cover:" Mr. Liu teaches filial piety to abstain from prostitution "and felt a headache."

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Cover refers to the name of the bound book block wrapped in a coat. Cover is also called book cover, cover, outer cover, etc. , and divided into one, two (cover), three, four (back cover). Generally, one cover of books and periodicals is printed with the title, publisher and author, and the other four covers are printed with copyright.

Cover plays a role in beautifying books and protecting book blocks. At the same time, it is very convenient to find books and periodicals in the library.

Cover is the facade of book binding design art, which reflects the contents of books through the form of artistic image design. In today's dazzling sea of books, the cover of books plays the role of silent salesman, and its quality will directly affect people's desire to buy to some extent. Cover plays a role in beautifying books and protecting book blocks.

Some cover designs focus on one thing. For example, the cover design with characters as the main body, at this time, designers can't throw some fonts on the screen at will, otherwise it will only convey information step by step, and can't give people an artistic enjoyment. Don't say that this is a failed design, at least it is irresponsible to readers. As we all know, there is no book without readers, and designers must study it carefully. Designers pay more attention to the form, size, density and layout of fonts, which gives people a sense of rhythm while spreading information. In addition, the design form of the cover title font must be consistent with the content and readers. Successful design should be emotional, for example, political reading design should be serious; The design of scientific reading materials should be rigorous; The design of children's sex books should be lively and so on. A good cover design should be complicated and not chaotic in the arrangement of content, that is, there should be a master and a second, and the layers should be clear, that is to say, there should be content in simple graphics, and some details should be added to enrich it. For example, make more fuss about the color, printing and organic decoration design of graphics, so that people will have an atmosphere, artistic conception or style after reading it.