Yearbook Vocabulary

Photo or other content (graphics, clip art, lines, etc.) that extends past the page’s edge.

• bleed

• candid

• copy

• gutter

The center of the spread where two pages meet. You don't want to put text or faces here.

• bleed

• candid

• copy

• gutter

The page number

• folio

• gutter

• kit

• ladder

An unposed photograph

• candid

• portrait

• copy

• bleed

short text that describes a photo

• caption

• candid

• pics

• template

All text on the page (story, quotes, surveys, etc.)

• copy

• caption

• folio

• spread

the outside of the yearbook

• cover

• portrait

• folio

• coverage

A page-by-page listing of the yearbook's content that is used to plan and track coverage

• ladder

• layout

• kit

• pica

The topics featured in the yearbook and how they are covered

• coverage

• cover

• copy

• closing

The last page of the yearbook. If there is a theme, this is where you wrap it up

• closing

• opening

• caption

• title page