Yearbook Terms

Yearbook Terms

100

16 consecutive pages of your book printed on one large sheet of paper

Signature

200

Lines at the beginning or end of a paragraph, which are left dangling alone at the top or bottom of a column

Widow

300

A vertical unit of space used to align and divide a yearbook spread?

Column

400

the weight and quality of the paper used for printing

Paper Stock

500

The process of decreasing the opacity of a photo or design element to make it lighter

Ghosting

Yearbook Terms

100

An action shot as opposed to posed photo

Candid

200

a smooth transition from one color to another

Gradient

300

A shiny surface paper stock

Gloss

400

Paper stock without shine

Matte

500

when a picture purposely runs off the page

Bleed

More Yearbook Terms

100

a page-by-page diagram listing of your yearbook's contents

Ladder

200

the reference at the back of your yearbook where page numbers are listed with names

Index

300

bendable part of the yearbook that protects the binding

Spine

400

Individual photos of students in a yearbook

Mug

500

the area where the two pages of a spread meet

Gutter

Yearbook Terms

100

empty space trapped between other elements on the page

Trapped White Space

200

cut-out background

COB

300

two facing pages in the yearbook

Spread or double-page spread

400

the attention-grabbing title on your spread

Headline

500

secondary title on the spread

Sub-headline

Yearbook Terms

100

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

Padlock icon

200

the four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) used in offset printing to achieve all necessary hues

Process colors

300

the binding method used to hold your yearbook together

Saddle-Stitched

400

a grouping of interviews, quotes, photos in a spread

Mod

500

a shape cut through paper or a cover revealing a design underneath

Die Cut