What's a prompt for an editorial magazine cover?
Copy-paste prompt
Editorial magazine cover, 4:5 portrait. Masthead at top: "ATLAS" set in a heavy condensed serif display face, all-caps, near-black, full-bleed width. Hero image: full-bleed editorial portrait of a woman in her 30s in a deep emerald turtleneck, head-and-shoulders, looking directly at camera, soft window light from camera-left, neutral grey background, Hasselblad medium-format quality. Headline overlaid bottom-left in white sans-serif, 3-line break: "The quiet rise of the part-time founder". Below in smaller white sans: "Issue 47 · Spring 2026". Two thin cover lines on the right edge in light grey caps: "Cities · Climate · Capital" and "12 essays on what comes next". Subtle paper grain, magazine print feel. No barcodes.
Why it works
Magazine covers fail when prompts mix too many visual ideas. This locks one hero portrait, one headline, two cover lines — and quotes every text element so type renders cleanly. Naming the masthead typeface family (heavy condensed serif) gives the model an actual visual target instead of inventing one.
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