Yearbook Basics

2. A traditional yearbook is typically broken into 6 of these. Example: Student Life, Academics, Sports, and People
6. Front cover of the yearbook which includes the year of the book, the name and the theme.
7. Listing of pages containing the opening, section, index, and closing.
8. Refers both to the topics on individual spreads and how the topics are highlighted.
10. Printing in one additional color besides black.
11. Two facing or side by side pages in the yearbook.
13. Using more than one spread for a topic and linking the additional spreads to the first with a headline or similar design.
14. A complete alphabetical listing of all students, teachers, advertisers, topics, and events covered in the yearbook.
16. A list of technical printing information about the yearbook.
17. A 16 page grouping made up of two 8 page flats
21. A page by page listing of the yearbook's content.
22. Area of the yearbook connecting the front and back covers.
23. Outside of the yearbook that protects the printed pages.

1. Final pages of the yearbook where the theme is concluded.
3. 8 pages on the end side of a signature
4. Page one of the yearbook.
5. A mini theme used as a section title.
6. Printing in magenta, cyan, yellow, and black
9. The first two to four pages of the yearbook which introduce the theme.
12. The page number and the topic of a spread placed as a unit on the bottom corner of a page.
13. A spread used to separate each section of the yearbook.
15. The story
18. Elements such as color, white space, rule lines, gray screens, large initial letters, and special type treatments which enhance the book's design.
19. A verbal statement and visual look which ties all parts of the book together.
20. Heavier sheets of paper which hold the pages of the yearbook to the cover