OUGD404 - Studio Brief 02 - What is a Book?

Terminology

Paragraph

A paragraph is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. A paragraph consists of one or more sentences. Though not required by the syntax of any language, paragraphs are usually an expected part of formal writing, used to organise longer prose.

Here is an example of me using paragraphs when creating my publication for this brief. I used it on the black cover/blurb which simply explains what my book is about.

Images

An image is to describe or portray in language especially in a vivid manner. Here is an example of me using images in my publication. In this case, an image of Albert Einstein modified to fit the colours in the background image of a Galaxy.

Pagination

In printing terms is a method of computerised page makeup in which copy graphic elements are manipulated with the aid of video display terminal or simply the act of pages.

Below is an example of pagination in my book. These two pages go together due to the link in topic, such as the image being Mother Theresa who said the quote on the left. They both have similar colour schemes such as blue and yellow.

Rules and Boxes

I think that using boxes in design work helps draw attention and magnify the the information inside them as well as looking visually appealing. I decided to use boxes on both the front cover and the back cover to magnify what the book was about and I felt that this was the most important part of information the reader needed. 

                   Back                                                  Front

Imposition

Printing. the arrangement of page plates in proper order on a press for printing a signature.

Grid

In graphic design, a grid s a structure usually two dimensional made up of a series of intersecting straight (vertical, horizontal, and angular) or curved guide lines used to structure content. The grid serves as an armature on which a designer can organise graphic elements (images, glyphs, paragraphs) in a rational, easy to absorb manner. A grid can be used to organise graphic elements in relation to a page, in relation to other graphic elements on the page, or relation to other parts of the same graphic element or shape.

Columns 

Editorially speaking a column is an article giving opinions or perspectives but generally it is a page of text that is vertically divided. 

Above is an example of me using a column in my contents page.

Sub-heads

A subhead is a title or a heading of a subdivision, as a chapter, essay, or newspaper article. Again I used a subheading in my contents page.

Drop caps

With a drop cap, the initial sits within the margins and runs several lines deep into the paragraph, indenting some normal-sized text in these lines.

Folio Numbers 

A folio is a page number; the page number often includes running footers or headers. I used folio numbers at the bottom of each page in my book. Either to the left of the page or the right of the page using a simple box/grid system to ensure they were all in the same place on each page.

Gutters
The inside margins or blank space between two facing pages is the gutter. The gutter space is that extra space allowance used to accommodate the binding in books and magazines. The amount of gutter needed varies depending on the binding method.

In saddled-stitched publications the amount of gutter, as well as the outside margins are adjusted to allow for creep. Gutter is sometimes used 

to refer to the alley or space between columns of text in a page layout.

Headlines
A heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine.

Margins

A margin is the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter.

Caption

A title, short explanation, or description accompanying an illustration or a photograph. I didn't use any captions due to simply stating who the quote was by I felt was necessary enough for the reader to make a link between who the photograph was of, without the use of a caption.

Measures     

The measurement of a line’s length (including lines that do not contain characters - like a partial line) that is designated in picas.      

As my publication was particularly simplistic it didn't use all of the terminology above, however most of.