Terms Starting With "P"
The organization of all the pages labeled with elements such as page topics.
What is a page ladder?
The large type designed to attract readers to stories and draw them into the spread.
What is a headline/byline?
A spread with a great picture that explains the theme.
What is theme opening spread?
Elements that are placed on top of each other.
What is layering?
A coverage approach that uses a time element such as seasons or months to organize the content.
What is chronological order?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
An alphabetical directory of every person, team, group, advertiser and topic featured in the words and photos on the pages of a yearbook.
What is an index?
What is an interior spread?
Presents facts and figures, often poll and survey results, in a visual way that typically includes illustrative art.
What is an infographic?
An online tool available on the Yearbook Avenue website for tracking who is featured in the book and how many times, making it easier to meet the goal of featuring every student at least three times.
What is the coverage report?
What is a parting page?
The center of the spread, where the yearbook is bound with thread and glue into the spine. Typographic elements should not be placed in this area.
What is a gutter?
This page officially opens the book, typically with the school information and a big photo.
What is a title page?
A photo that takes up a majority (if not all) of the space on a page/spread including the gutter.
What is a full bleed photo?
Words written in a variety of formats to tell a story. Also called a story or article.
What is a copy?
A quote that is removed from the regular text with a visual change so it is emphasized.
What is a pulled quote?
All critical information must be placed inside this line. Any elements that cross this line “bleed” off the edge of the page.
What is an exterior margin/trim line?
Two pages that are next to each other.
What is a double page spread/DPS?
A cover application that pushes down elements into the cover.
What is debossing?
A photo treatment in which the background has been cut away from the subject.
What is a cut-out background/photo/COB?
A unit of measurement in graphic design equal to one-sixth of an inch.
What is a pica?
A grouping of pages that are printed on the same press sheet and folded into a 16-page mini-booklet.
What is a signature?
Pages that are consecutive when a signature is completely constructed.
What is a natural spread?
A spine application that is rounded and backed.
What is headbands?
A reader service that lists the staff, acknowledgments, printing specifications, awards, and press association memberships.
What is a colophon?