Yearbook Vocab
Layout & Formatting
Photography for Yearbook
Page Design & Principles of Design
Fun & Quirky
100

The main story on a yearbook spread is called what?

What is the featured story?

100

This invisible lines that help designers align photos and text.

What are grids?

100

What do we call the sharpest area of an image and where our eyes are drawn to

What is the focal point?

100

Using the same fonts, colors, and spacing helps create which principle of design?

What is unity?

100

The world’s first font ever designed for a computer was created for what early Apple device?

What is the Macintosh?

200

What do we call the small text that explains a photo?

What is a caption?

200

What is the area around the edges of a page where text and images should not be placed?

What is margins?

200

A candid photo captures students doing what?

What is natural/in the moment or non-posing?

200

Visual “weight” on a page should be evenly distributed. What principle is this?

What is balance?

200

The typeface Comic Sans was originally created for what purpose?

What is a kid's software program (Microsoft Bob)?

300

The words or phrases used to introduce a story in a creative way are called what?

What is a headline?

300

The space between individual lines of text is called what?

What is leading?

300

What camera setting (editing) controls how bright or dark a photo is?

What is exposure?

300

Creating a clear visual center of interest on a page refers to which principle?

What is emphasis?
300

Designers call the spacing between letters ________. The word comes from an old French word meaning 'projecting apart'?

What is kearning?

400

What is the term for the repeating visual or thematic structure of the entire yearbook?

What is a theme?

400

When a photo or color area extends all the way to the edge of a page without a border, it is called what?

What is bleed?

400

When photographing sports, what setting do you increase to freeze action?

What is shutter speed?

400

When elements are repeated to create movement or flow on a spread, it demonstrates what principle?

What is repetition or rhythm?

400

It took this long for a designer to create the Instagram logo of a simplified camera.

What is an hour?

500

What do we call the consistent set of design guidelines—fonts, colors, spacing—that unify the book?

What is the design style (guide)?

500

What is the area toward the inside the book where images should not cross?

What is the gutter?

500

What term describes avoiding placing a subject directly in the middle and instead using intersections on a 3×3 grid?

What is Rule of Thirds?

500

Despite it's name, what do we call the technique of adding 'breathing room' to make layouts feel clean and readable even if the area is not 'white'?

What is white space?

500

This color is said to increase appetite and why fast food restaurants use it in their marketing/branding?

What is red?