Yearbook Vocabulary

Photos, artwork, or graphics that extend off of the trim area of a spread

• external margin

• folio

• gutter

• bleed

The largest eye-catching photo or collection of photos that immediately attract a reader's attention

• logo

• headline

• dominant element

• candid(s)

Two facing pages; the left page is the even number

• double-page spread (DPS)

• cut-out background (COB)

• internal margin

• folio tab

Word(s) set in large type that attract the reader and identify the spread's angle or most important idea

• headline

• caption

• logo

• dominant element

The place where the left and right pages meet; folded as the book comes together

• bleed

• eyeline

• pica

• gutter

The absence of any element; the empty area around an object; can be used intentionally to draw readers to a particular spot

• bleed

• internal margin

• cut-out background (COB)

• negative space

A journalistic unit of measurement; 1/6 of an inch

• folio

• pica

• external margin

• internal margin

Numbering that appears on the outside portion of a page, usually at the bottom

• type

• logo

• pica

• folio

A one-pica line that connects the left and right pages; all design elements sit or hang on this

• headline

• eyeline

• gutter

• internal margin

Text that explains the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the photo; provides information that would not otherwise be known by looking at the photograph

• copy

• type

• headline

• caption