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YEARBOOKBASICSTHE STARTING POINT

A verbal statement and a

visual look which tie all

parts of the yearbook

together.

THEME

THEME VISUALSGO ON THE

• Cover

• Endsheet

• Title page

• Opening/Closing

• Dividers

• Folios

• Secondary story packages

• Index letter indicators

COVEROutside of the yearbook which protects

the printed pages

FRONT LIDFront cover of the yearbook which

includes the name of the book, the year

and the theme. Also called the front flap.

THEME

COVER & FRONT LID

Theme Statement/Logo

School Name/City/State

Book Name/Volume Number

SPINE:Year

area of the

yearbook

connecting

the front and

back covers

SPIN OFFA ‘mini theme” used as a

section title. Spinoffs may

help carry the theme

throughout the book.

THEME SPIN OFF

Theme Statement

Spin offs appear on divider headlines

ENDSHEETHeavier sheets of paper which

hold the pages of the yearbook

to the cover. It may be designed

with table of contents or white

CONTENTSListing of the pages containing the

opening, sections, and index. The

contents can appear on endsheet,

title page or opening.


Contents

ENDSHEET

TITLE PAGE

• Theme statement

• Year

• Name of book + volume number

• School name

• Street address/city/state/zip

• Phone/fax number w/area code

• Website address

• Student population

• Staff population

• Population by class

• Principal

• Athletic league

Page one of the yearbook. It can

include the following:

School Contact Information

Student/Staff Population


Consistent VisualTheme Elements

Year

Book Name/Volume #

TITLE

PAGE

OPENINGThe first two to four page of the

yearbook which introduce the

theme.

CLOSINGFinal page or pages of the

yearbook where the theme is

concluded.

DIVIDERA spread used to separate each

of the sections of the yearbook.



OPENING



CLOSING

DIVIDER

Similar but different layout from opening


SECTIONA traditional yearbook is typically

divided into sections:

Student life

Academics

Organizations

Sports

Reference – people, ads and index

STUDENT LIFE

ACADEMICS

SPORTS

ORGANIZATIONS

REFERENCE

COLOPHONA list of the technical printing

information about the yearbook,

including price, number of copies,

colors, fonts, photography company

and awards won by previous year’s

book. It appears at the end of in the

index.

INDEXA complete alphabetical listing of all

the students, teachers, topics and

events covered in the yearbook.

COLOPHON

SPREADTwo facing or side-by-side pages in

the yearbook such as 2 and 3, 4 and

5, 6 and 7, etc.

COPYThe story. Every Spread should

contain a story, also called a copy

block.

SPREAD

COPY

COPY

COPY

FOLIO TABSThe page number and the topic of a

spread placed as a unit traditionally at

the bottom of the spread.

GRAPHICSElements such as color, white space,

rule lines, gray screens, large initial

letters and special treatments which

enhance the book’s design.

GRAPHICS

GRAPHICS

FOLIO TABS

FOUR COLORPrinting in magenta (reddish pink),

cyan (blue), yellow and black. These

colors combine to create full-color

pictures

SPOT COLORPrinting in (at least) one additional

color besides black.

SPOT COLOR

SPOT COLOR

4 COLOR PHOTOS

CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK4 COLOR =

LADDERA page-by-page listing of the

yearbook’s contents. This is used to

organize and plan deadlines.

SIGNATUREA 16-page grouping made up of two 8-

page flats. Yearbooks are printed in

signatures which are then folded,

stitched and trimmed to be collated.

FLATEight pages on one side of a

signature. In the first signature of the

yearbook, for example, pages

1,4,5,8,9,12,13 and 16 make up one

flat. Pages 2,3,6,7,10,11,14, and 15

are printed on the other side of the

signature.

SIGNATURE

(16 PAGES)

FLAT A (LIGHT GREEN) – 8 pages

1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16

FLAT B (GRAY) – 8 pages

2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15

COVERAGERefers both to the topics feature on

individual spreads and how the topics

are highlighted.

DEPTH COVERAGEUsing more than one spread for a

topic and linking the additional

spreads to the first with a headline or

similar design. This is also called a

jump spread.

COVERAGE: TOPIC (LEADERSHIP)

QUALITIES

OF A LEADER

NJHS

PROFILE

OF A

STUDENT

COVERS VARIOUS

CLUBS AND

THEIR LEADERS

DEPTH COVERAGE – 2 SPREADS ON ONE TOPIC

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