Yearbook Terms

5. About three to four sentences that describe a photo; also called a cutline
8. The first page of the yearbook, which often includes a picture of the school building, logo and year.
9. Areas on a piece which are free of type, graphics and photos. White space is important in good design. It makes a piece more readable.
10. Yearbook pages that separate one section from another and introduce the section’s content.
11. A small headline used to divide copy or a small headline or deck that appears below the main headline; also known as a secondary headline
13. Formal student photos with names and other identifying information listed to the side of the row of photos
14. Where your eyes travel to on the page spread
15. A photo or an element that commands the reader’s attention on a spread by size or importance

1. A sketch of a page for printing showing the position of text and illustrations and giving the general instructions. Or, the arrangement of text and graphics on a page.
2. a type of photo that is being used to supplement the bigger photo
3. Two facing pages in a yearbook.
4. A set of letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols that share a unified design called a typeface; a group of related typefaces is called a type family
6. A yearbook theme is an idea or concept that’s used to tie together the various sections and stories found throughout the yearbook.
7. A bold or larger line of text at the top of a story that summarizes or introduces what it is about.
12. The text of the main story