Yearbook Terms
Yearbook Terms
More Yearbook Terms
Yearbook Terms
Yearbook Terms
100
16 consecutive pages of your book printed on one large sheet of paper
Signature
100
An action shot as opposed to posed photo
Candid
100
a page-by-page diagram listing of your yearbook's contents
Ladder
100
empty space trapped between other elements on the page
Trapped White Space
100

When someone is working on a page that no one else can edit

Padlock icon

200
Lines at the beginning or end of a paragraph, which are left dangling alone at the top or bottom of a column
Widow
200
a smooth transition from one color to another
Gradient
200
the reference at the back of your yearbook where page numbers are listed with names
Index
200
cut-out background
COB
200
the four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) used in offset printing to achieve all necessary hues
Process colors
300
A vertical unit of space used to align and divide a yearbook spread?
Column
300
A shiny surface paper stock
Gloss
300
bendable part of the yearbook that protects the binding
Spine
300
two facing pages in the yearbook
Spread or double-page spread
300

the binding method used to hold your yearbook together

Saddle-Stitched

400
the weight and quality of the paper used for printing
Paper Stock
400
Paper stock without shine
Matte
400
Individual photos of students in a yearbook
Mug
400
the attention-grabbing title on your spread
Headline
400

a grouping of interviews, quotes, photos in a spread

Mod

500
The process of decreasing the opacity of a photo or design element to make it lighter
Ghosting
500
when a picture purposely runs off the page
Bleed
500
the area where the two pages of a spread meet
Gutter
500
secondary title on the spread
Sub-headline
500
a shape cut through paper or a cover revealing a design underneath
Die Cut
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