Yearbook Terms

A word or line of text that sits alone at the start of a column or page

• Orphan

• Widow

The empty area around an object. Negative space.

• White Space

• Style Guide

Set of standards used to creaate consistency in your yearbook.

• Pica

• Resolution

• Style Guide

Fonts with small decorative elements

• Serif Sans Fonts

• Serif Fonts

• Monospaced Fonts

Fonts that lack decorative elements

• Sans Serif Fonts

• Serif Fonts

• Monospaced fonts

Encourages a Photographer to move the primary subject of the photo away from the center.

• Rule of Thirds

• Golden Ratio

Color model used in traditional publishing adding red, green and blue pixels to a black base

• DPI

• CMYK

• RGB

The sharpness of an image

• Theme

• Resolution

• Template

Unit of measurement used to determine the width of an element on a yearbook page

• Widows

• Orphans

• Pica

A word or line of text that falls at the end of a paragraph on a line by itself

• Widow

• Orphan