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WorksheetsElements of Design
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
A very detailed plan of allowed colors, fonts, character sizes, spacing and sub themes (or spin off themes). This MUST be closely followed when designing.
Style guide
Photo
Focus Photo
Copy
Any type of image placed on the page, usually a candid.
Focus Photo
Photo
Copy
Character Style
The largest face on the page and often the largest photo. Often goes through the gutter, but doesn't have too. Strongly relates to the story, but doesn't have to be of the person or persons interviewed. First photo placed on the page.
Copy
Character Style
Focus Photo
Headline
The story of text that drive the page design.
Character Style
Headline
Subhead
Copy
The font, size, and spacing of the text. It is ALL predetermined by the design editor.
Character Style
Headline
Subhead
Feature
A statement about the page, not simply a subject
Subhead
Headline
Feature
Captions
A statement about a additional story on the page.
feature
Captions
Subhead
Pull Quote
The copy that tells a story. Again, it is the driving force of the overall design.
Captions
Pull Quote
Scoreboard
Feature
COMPLETE sentence about a photo that fill in missing information along with identifying students and grade level of those in the photo.
Captions
Pull Quote
Scoreboard
Mod
An important statement pulled from the story (usually from an interview) that would appear larger in addition to the story.
Scoreboard
Pull Quote
Mod
White space
The outcome of games played between Suzanne sport teams and other schools.
Mod
White space
Scoreboard
Trapped with space
A smaller design on the same page relating to the subject and theme. Can be a collection of photos with captions. Can be scoreboard. Can be a short story. Can be an externally sourced quote (a quote for a famous person.) Must have a subhead.
White space
Trapped with space
Gutter
Mod
The space on the page without any design.
White space
Trapped with space
Gutter
External Margins
When a black area is stuck between elements making page look in complete or unprofessional.
Gutter
Trapped with space
External Margins
Inner spacing
The 2 pica space between the pages that is off limit for text because some will be lost when book is constructed.
External Margins
Inner spacing
Gutter
Spacing
Space outside the outer pink lines that should be kept relatively clear of elements especially faces or text.
Inner spacing
Spacing
Pica
External Margins
The 1/2 pica space between photos or elements related to each other.
Inner spacing
Spacing
Pica
Grid
The space between elements. Can range from 1/2 pica to 1 and 1/2 pica. More of this is given when elements aren't in the same mods.
Pica
Spacing
Grid
Alignment
The measurement used in printing. Six of these equal 1 inch.
Grid
Alignment
Pica
Element
The graph paper background that is 1/2 pica to help with alignment and spacing.
Alignment
Element
Graphics
Grid
The evening of photos and other elements including spacing to create a cohesive look on the page.
Alignment
Element
Graphics
Clip Art
Anything applied to the page including photos, text boxes, artwork, background shapes.
Graphics
Element
Clip Art
Photo box
An image that is not a photo.
Clip Art
Photo Box
Graphics
Text box
A drawn image created for you already. The program has a variety of it.
Photo box
Text box
Shape
Clip Art
The box created that will be filled with an image. This box starts gray.
Photo box
Text box
Shape
Bleed
The space where you will write your characters. Can be used for the feature, headline, subhead, captions...anything with words.
Shape
Text box
Bleed
Photo through gutter
A solid design created with the tool. Most commonly a rectangle or square. Seldom do we use stars, circles or ellipses because of the creation of trapped white space.
Bleed
Photo through gutter
Shape
Contrast
When a photo spills off the page intentionally with a purpose.
Photo through Gutter
Contrast
Line of sight
Bleed
A photo (often the focus photo) that goes through the gutter while not allowing any vital elements of the photo to be lost. Should only be done with large photos.
Photo through gutter
Contrast
Line of sight
Readability
When two things are not similar, then they should be very different.
Line of sight
Contrast
readability
Repetition
The way elements flow across the page to pull the reader's eye from left to right and top to bottom
Readability
Repetition
Line of sight
Template
Design choices should make content easy to read and follow.
Repetition
template
Story/Feature
readability
When elements are used again and again for effect. Avoid using photos that create this. They look like tombstones in a cemetery.
Repetition
template
Story/Feature
Interview
A predesigned page or mod with no images or specific text.
Story/Feature
Template
Interview
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