Yearbook Terms to know

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Across
  1. 1. words written in a variety of formats to tell a story. Also called a story or article
  2. 2. a complete set of characters (letters, numbers and symbols) that share a common weight, width and style. have unique names such as Helvetica or Times.
  3. 6. text accompanying a photo that adds information; answers readers’ questions about the people, action and/or the reaction in a photograph. Can range from identifying people and supplying minimal information to serving as mini-stories reporting the fives W’s and H and including quotes
  4. 9. the second tier of information in a headline that adds specific information or details; often what the page is actually about or covering.
  5. 10. a page-by-page planner and deadline tracker used to identify content, record deadlines, plan color placement and track pages submitted and proofed.
  6. 11. indicates a new section and provides design continuity throughout.
  7. 14. 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.
  8. 15. image tagging software, including facial recognition technology, allows staff to identify everyone in the photographs making tracking, captioning and indexing images easy.
  9. 16. most common allocation of space, two facing pages presenting a variety of elements to tell a story; even and odd pages appearing as a unit.
Down
  1. 1. finishes the story of the year and ends the yearbook. Presented on the final spread(s) and last page of the yearbook and appears after the advertisements and index
  2. 3. a central idea or concept that sets the tone for telling the story of the year. Repeated throughout the yearbook on cover and endsheets and in opening, closing and dividers, it unifies the storytelling message of the book and gives it personality.
  3. 4. the large type designed to attract readers to stories and draw them into the spread. Summarizes a story and highlights its focus. should always contribute to the story and not merely label the page.
  4. 5. one word on a line by itself at the end of a sentence
  5. 7. the tense your writing should be in
  6. 8. a method of dividing the photograph into thirds vertically and horizontally creating four intersection points. The main subject falls into one of the intersecting points, a little off-center in the photo.
  7. 12. the ending to avoid in yearbook writing
  8. 13. one word on a line by itself at the beginning of a sentence