Conventions of a typical magazine

In magazines, there are various features that are noticed throughout magazines, something you expect to be there, these are called conventions and codes.

Typically in a front cover you may expect to see:-

Images
Coverlines
Different fonts and sizes
And a distinctive design and layout

For a contents you may expect to see:-

Collumn structure
Images
Categories
Different fonts and sizes
and a distinctive design and layout


Features you may see in a double paged spread would be :-
Images
Collumn structure
A distinctive design and layout
Different fonts and sizes
A main article possibly