Current+trends

**Current trends for Yearbook design - as seen in latest trendy magazines**
Cuts outs of photos very popular No borders on photos Rotated photos are "in" Photos set inside other photos Photos in center - body copy to the outside Circular photos popular Drop shadows on photos
 * PHOTOS**

Side bars - many different ideas - quotes, surveys, pie charts Spin off colors - take color from dominant photo and put in 3 spots Large quotation marks in light color behind quote Brush stroke (brush wash) large - behind text Use of shades of same color No arrows needed to indicate which caption to which photo
 * LAY OUT - DESIGN**

NO text with "outline" style - no longer popular Text in BLACK only - no more than 3 sentences in color No borders on text Captions directly on photos (ghosting to make text readable) Huge (drop caps) initial letters with subtle colors and text directly on top Pull quotes (lift out quotes) in reverse - black background with white lettering Pull quotes follow grids Random highlighting of text Tight leading on subheads
 * TEXT: body copy, captions, headlines**