The table of contents of GQ is broken down into four different segments. Black is for the different departments, red for intelligence, blue for fashion, and green for features. What is weird about the table of contents is that the features part is on a different page with a picture of Ryan Reynolds on it. Then, the others are on the other page together with some advertisements that have been shrunk to fit on the page, which also include the page that you can find the whole page that it is on. The one part of the table of contents that I think is funny is the little picture of the cover in the lower right hand part of the page that tells the prices of each article of clothing that Ryan Reynolds is wearing.
There isn't much text involved, mostly just the title of the article in bold then a very brief description of what the article is about and where you can find it. To me, the fonts are very small and if someone were to have a problem with their eyes, they would find it difficult to read and probably need glasses. So, when someone wants to read about new ways to dress, 25 sexiest women in rock, or the punch list, they might need to get their reading glasses before opening the magazine. Based on the table of contents the magazine wants me to look at the different articles that they wrote, but mostly they want me to just look at the advertisements and buy the products. This is because the table of contents is 65 pages into the magazine, with all advertisements before. Money, money, money! The advertisements make up a big portion of the magazine because that's how the magazine stays in business even if people don't buy the magazine, and that's why the table of contents is that far from the cover. It's far from a regular book or magazine that has their table of contents on the first page because of the money factor.
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