Yearbook Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Using type elements as design for headlines, copy, captions and graphics to project a desired image
  2. 6. Pages already set up in a design program, either by Walsworth or a staff’s designers, to be modified and saved by designers without affecting the original template
  3. 9. ____ ad Advertisement placed by parents or students rather than businesses
  4. 10. Page number on a yearbook spread; accompanying words or phrases identifying the content are called folio tabs
  5. 12. ___ cap The first letter of a paragraph enlarged to create a graphic effect
  6. 15. ___ Formula: Formula for writing captions
  7. 18. Body copy that tells the story
  8. 19. Eliminating unwanted elements in a photo, either using the camera’s viewfinder before the image is shot or using photography software afterward
  9. 21. A basic unit of digital imaging; individual dots (pixels) make up the image on the screen
  10. 26. A yearbook blueprint that helps you plan your book by listing the contents of each page
  11. 28. The white space around the spread; copy and photos must stop at the edge of the margins unless photos bleed off the page
  12. 29. Exactly what the person said; appears inside quotation marks (2 words)
  13. 31. Type set in larger point size, usually 14 points or higher, and placed above the story to attract the reader’s attention and provide information about a story’s or a spread’s content
  14. 32. Two facing pages designed as one unit
  15. 35. The amount of horizontal space between two characters
  16. 36. Pages in the yearbook that verbally explain the theme and the theme graphics continue
  17. 38. Horizontal line, actual or implied, running across a spread above or below the exact center to create unity
  18. 39. About three to four sentences that describe a photo; also called a cutline
  19. 40. _______ white space An area of white space that appears between elements on a spread; not a desirable element of design because it can separate elements and draw attention to itself
  20. 45. A single sheet of paper that, when folded and trimmed, will produce 16 consecutive pages
  21. 46. The amount of vertical space between two lines of type
  22. 47. Typefaces that have small additional finishing cross strokes placed at the end of the main strokes of a letter
  23. 48. Backbone of a book, the narrow portion of a cover between the front and back
Down
  1. 1. Topics featured in the yearbook and how they are covered
  2. 2. Absence of elements in an area on a spread (2 words)
  3. 4. Page or pages at the end of the yearbook that verbally wraps up the book; contains theme elements
  4. 5. A self-contained package of a pre-determined size, such as a top 10 list, a quiz, a photo cluster, a quote or other stand-alone coverage
  5. 6. Printed letters or characters
  6. 7. Formal student photos with names and other identifying information under them
  7. 8. Page one of the yearbook, containing the title, volume number, year, school name, mailing address, telephone number and school enrollment, or other significant information (2 words)
  8. 11. Two facing pages designed as one unit; also called double page spread or DPS
  9. 13. The vertical space between the inside margins of facing pages
  10. 14. The words that appear in a book, a newspaper, a website or a printed page
  11. 16. A line giving credit to the writer, photographer or designer for their story, photo or layout
  12. 17. Information placed at the back of the book containing facts about the production of the book such as printer, copies ordered, type and paper specifications and general acknowledgements
  13. 20. usually blue, found at the edges of the templates to help you determine how far to extend a bleeding element off the page
  14. 22. 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
  15. 23. Extension of images, graphics or backgrounds beyond the trim marks on the edges of a page, leaving no white margin
  16. 24. Type without finishing strokes or “feet” (2 words)
  17. 25. A hard-copy printout or electronic version of a file used to check what will be printed in your book.
  18. 27. Idea or concept threaded throughout a yearbook, unifying its parts
  19. 29. A photo or an element that commands the reader’s attention on a spread by size or importance
  20. 30. Cut-out background, a term for when the background is deleted from the main subject of the photo
  21. 33. The outside of the yearbook
  22. 34. An alphabetized list of names and contents that indicates the pages on which each person or item is referenced, usually located in the back of the yearbook
  23. 37. A printer’s unit of measurement used primarily in typesetting; one pica equals 1/6 of an inch, or 12 points
  24. 41. Formal student photos with names and other identifying information listed to the side of the row of photos
  25. 42. Pages in a yearbook that separate one section from another and provide information about the section’s content; also known as division pages or section divider pages
  26. 43. A set of established rules governing the production of the book so that design, fonts, colors, copy, theme, etc., will be consistent throughout the book (2 words)
  27. 44. An unposed photo showing action