Used to organize your yearbook, this is a diagram that allows you to plan your yearbook content step-by-step.
What is a ladder?
100
The common term for slanted type.
What is an italic?
100
The main story of a yearbook spread.
What is body copy?
100
A spread used to separate each section of the book.
What is a divider?
100
The largest photo on the spread, at least two to two-and-a-half times larger than any other photo on the spread.
What is a dominant photo?
200
Sixteen consecutive pages of a book printed on one large piece of paper.
What is a signature?
200
A small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol.
What is a serif?
200
A writer's particular approach to a broader topic.
What is an angle?
200
Heavier sheets of paper which hold the pages of the yearbook to the cover.
What are endsheets?
200
The page number and spread identification, usually positioned in the bottom corner of each page.
What are folios?
300
Vertical divisions of space used to organize a yearbook spread.
What is a column?
300
The part of the letter the that extends below the baseline.
What is a descender?
300
A few sentences that identify the who, what, where, when, why and how of a picture.
What is a caption?
300
Final pages of the yearbook where the theme is concluded and should follow ads and index.
What is the closing?
300
The horizontal line that unifies a spread.
What is an eyeline?
400
The area where the two pages of a spread meet.
What is a gutter?
400
The process of adjusting the horizontal spacing between letters.
What is kerning?
400
Large type that serves as a visual/verbal link for a spread and draws the reader into the copy.
What is a headline?
400
Page one of the yearbook. It should include the name of the book, the name of the school, the complete school address, the volume number and the year.
What is the Title Page?
400
The unit of measurement used in printing and design, one-sixth of an inch.
What is a pica?
500
The M in CMYK.
What is magenta?
500
Originally named for the metal placed placed between rows of type, it is the amount of vertical space between lines of type.
What is leading?
500
A list of guidelines a writer uses to maintain consistent punctuation and capitalization.
What is a style sheet/guide?
500
A list of technical printing information about the yearbook, including price, number of copies, colors, fonts, photography company and awards won by previous year's book.
What is a colophon?
500
Also known as negative space, this is an open area of a spread that is not covered by type or pictures.