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Yearbook Study Guide (GD5.v.S1.2122) Flashcards

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Black and white

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Items in a single color (black) as opposed to full color

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Bleed

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Extension of images, graphics or backgrounds beyond the trim marks on the edges of a page, leaving no white margin

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Bleed bars

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Bars, usually blue, found at the edges of Walsworth’s templates and Designer Series layouts to help you determine how far to extend a bleeding element off the page. You should always draw bleeding elements to the outside edge of the bleed bar

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Body copy

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The text of the main story

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Book size

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Refers to the size of the pages in your yearbook; Walsworth offers three book sizes: 7 (page measurement of 7 3/4 inches x 10 1/2 inches), 8 (9 1/2 x 11) and 9 (9 x 12)

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Byline

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A line giving credit to the writer, photographer, or designer for their story, photo or layout

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Candid

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An unposed photo showing action

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Caption

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About three to four sentences that describe a photo; also called a cutline

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ABCD Formula

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Formula for writing captions - the Attention Getter is a mini headline; Basic Information is the first sentence containing the 5 Ws and H and written in present tense; Complementary Information is additional information not seen in the photo written in past tense; Direct Quote is a quote from someone in the photo

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Closing

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Page or pages at the end of the yearbook that verbally wraps up the book; contains theme elements

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CYMK

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Acronym for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, the four colors used in printing full color

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COB

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Cut-out background, a term for when the background is deleted from the main subject of the photo

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Colophon

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Information placed at the back of the book containing facts about the production of the book such as printer, copies ordered, type and paper specifications and general acknowledgements

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Complementary colors

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Two colors directly across from one another on a color wheel, such as blue and orange, yellow and purple, red and green

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Copy

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The words that appear in a book, a newspaper, a website or a printed page

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Copy-editing marks

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Marks used by editors to explain what changes need to make to a story; also known as proofreading marks

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Copyright

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An exclusive legal right to an originator of an item, such as a published work, photo, music or lyrics; copyrighted material cannot be used without permission

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Crop

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Eliminating unwanted elements in a photo, either using the camera’s viewfinder before the image is shot or using photography software afterward

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Cover

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The outside of the yearbook

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Coverage

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Topics featured in the yearbook and how they are covered

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Direct quote

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Exactly what the person said; appears inside quotation marks

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Display fonts

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More decorative typefaces usually used for headlines

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Divider

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Pages in a yearbook that separate one section from another and provide information about the section’s content; also known as division pages or section divider pages

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Dominant

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A photo or an element that commands the reader’s attention on a spread by size or importance

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Double-page spreads (DPS)
Two facing pages designed as one unit
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Dots per inch (DPI)
The number of halftone dots in an inch, used to measure the amount of resolution of a digital image
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Drop cap
The first letter of a paragraph enlarged to create a graphic effect
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Eyeline
Horizontal line, actual or implied, running across a spread above or below the exact center to create unity
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Folio
Page number on a yearbook spread; accompanying words or phrases identifying the content are called folio tabs
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Font
A set of letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols that share a unified design called a typeface; a group of related typefaces is called a type family
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Body fonts
Typefaces that can be used for body copy and captions; body fonts are usually plainer, less decorative and smaller than display fonts, 12 point or less
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Sans serif
Type without finishing strokes or "feet"
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Serif
Typefaces that have small additional finishing cross strokes placed at the end of the main strokes of a letter
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Formula Color
Refers to specific blends of CMYK created by Walsworth that can be used on any four-color page in your book
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Gutter
The vertical space between the inside margins of facing pages
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Kerning
The amount of horizontal space between two characters
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Headline
Type set in larger point size, usually 14 points or higher, and placed above the story to attract the reader's attention and provide information about a story's or a spread's content
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Hierarchy
Purposefully directing focus to specific elements before others within a design in order to create an order of importance
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Index
An alphabetized list of names and contents that indicates the pages on which each person or item is references, usually located in the back of the yearbook
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iTags
Plastic tags personalized with names and icons of school sports, activities and interests and places on books or other possessions; can be used for fundraising
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Ladder
A yearbook blueprint that helps you plan your book by listing the contents of each page
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Lead (Lede)
First one or few sentences of an article; should grab the reader's attention, give the story direction and set the tone
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Leading
The amount of vertical space between two lines of type
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Margins
The white space around the spread; copy and photos must stop at the edge of the margins unless photos bleed off the page
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Mugs
Formal student photos with names and other identifying information under them
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Namestamping
Imprint of a name and icons on a yearbook cover using hot foil
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Nut graf
The paragraph that tells the reader what the story is about and offers background information as needed for clarity; it can be one paragraph or several
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Opening
Pages in the yearbook that verbally explain the theme and the theme graphics continue
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Packages (Mods)
A self-contained package of a pre-determined size, such as a top 10 list, a quiz, a photo cluster, a quote or other stand-alone coverage
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Personal ad
Advertisement placed by parents or students rather than businesses
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Pica
A printer's unit of measurement useed primarily in typesetting; one pica equals 1/6 of an inch, or 12 points
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Pixel
A basic unit of digital imaging; individual dots (pixels) make up the image on the screen
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Portraits
Formal student photos with names and other identifying information listed to the side of the row of photos
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Process color (CMYK)
A color derived by printing overlapping dots of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black; when combined, the eye merges the colors to simulate a single color; thousands of colors can be simulated by mixing percentages of the four process inks
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Proof
A hard-copy printout or electronic version of a file used to check what will be printed in your book
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Pull quote
Words from a story that are pulled and printed in larger point size to create a graphic element; also called pulled quote
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Resolution
In digital imaging, refers to the number of pixels or dots that make up an image; an image's resolution must be high enough to reproduce well on the printed page
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RGB
Acronym for Red, Green and Blue, the three colors used in video display, for example, a computer monitor
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Signature
A single sheet of paper that, when folded and trimmed, will produce 16 consecutive pages
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Spine
Backbone of a book, the narrow portion of a cover between the front and back
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Spot color (PMS color)
A pre-mixed ink used to add a single color to a page
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Spread
Two facing pages designed as one unit; also called double page spread or DPS
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Style Guide
A set of established rules governing the production of the book so that design, fonts, colors, copy, theme, etc., will be consistent throughout the book
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Subhead
A small headline used to divide copy or a small headline or deck that appears below the main headline; also known as a secondary headline
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Supplement
An additional section of the yearbook that is printed separately from the book itself; often printed for spring-delivered books to cover subjects such as spring sports and graduation, which happen after the school's final deadline
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Template
Pages already set up in a design program, either by Walsworth or a staff's designers, to be modified and saved by designers without affecting the original template
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Text
Body copy that tells the story
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Theme
Idea or concept threaded throughout a yearbook, unifying its parts
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Title page
Page one of the yearbook, containing the title, volume number, year, school name, mailing address, telephone number and school enrollment, or other significant information
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Trapped white space
An area of white space that appears between elements on a spread; not a desirable element of design because it can separate elements and draw attention to itself
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Type
Printed letters or characters
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Type family
All variations of a typeface in all its weights and point sizes; for example, Helvetica, Helvetica Italic, Helvetica Bold, Helvetica Bold Italic
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Typeface
All type of a single design, such as Helvetica or Times
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Typography
Using type elements as design for the headlines, copy, captions and graphics to project a desired image
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Verbal
Copy that reflects a yearbook's theme, such as the title and section titles
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Visual
A logo or design graphics that reflect the theme and carry it across the theme pages; a visual element can be a non-verbal theme
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White space
Absence of elements in an area on a spread

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