Design Vocabulary

all words on a spread

• Caption

• Stories

• Headlines

• Copy

page number on a yearbook spread

• Folio

• Pagnation

• Bleed

• Caption

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

• Dominant Element

• Bleed

• Eyeline

• Gutter

a one-pica line that connects the left and right pages; all design elements should sit on or hand from this line

• Cut-Out background (COB)

• Double-page spread (DPS)

• Eyeline

• Pica

the copy that explains the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of action in a photo

• Caption

• Copy

• Folio

• Pica

the largest eye-catching photo or collection of photos or elements on a spread

• Pica

• Eyeline

• Dominant Element

• Folio

a photo where part or all of the background is removed

• External Margin

• Double-page spread (DPS)

• Spread

• Cut-out background (COB)

a margin of white space that will frame the edges of the spread

• Double-page spread (DPS)

• External Margin

• Bleed

• Pica

two facing pages; the left page is an even number

• Folio

• Spread

• Double-page spread (DPS)

• Copy