| A | B |
| color photo | Photograph in full color called a Type C print |
| color separation | Separation of original color photo into 4 primary printing colors: cyan yellow, magenta and black. 4 halftone negatoves are thtn used to reproduce full color photographs in 4 color process printing |
| column rule | Line used to separate columns of type |
| continueing story | A story that beings on one spread and ends on a subsequent spread |
| copy block | Designation for copy placement on layout |
| cover | Binder's board covered with printed, silkscreened or otherwise decorated material which protects the pages. Usually contains first representation of the theme, name of yearbook, school and year. |
| cropping | Indicating with marks on a photograph the area of the image that is to be reproduced |
| custom embossed cover | The artwork is made into a brass die. Using heat the die is stamped onto the cover which creates a 3 diminsional relief on the cover's surface |
| cutline | Short description or explanation adjacent to an illustration or photograph, other than a title or heading |
| cyan | Tranlucent blue ink, that is used as a process color |
| descender | Letter stroke that falls below the baseline such as "g", "y", "p", etc |
| die cut | Process whereby a design is literally cut into a cover or endsheet using a metal pattern (die) |
| division page | Any of the theme/concept pages introducing each new section of the book and relating each back to the main theme/concept |
| dominant photo | Primary visual element on a spread, usually 2 to 3 times the size of the next largest photo |
| dots per inch | A measure of screen or printer resulution |