The Colophon - Balfour Yearbooks Blog

While all it takes is a simple click to download a photo these days, it’s much more complicated to navigate copyright law. Can we run a photo from the Oscars? Surely, it’s okay to include photos from

"It  was fun.”  “We gave 110 percent.” “We’re like a family.”

Generic, cliché answers make us groan too. Remedying this banality takes a little practice and effort. We have four tips for moving your

It’s one of the most looked-at sections, but it receives the least attention from designers. But if we’re really creating yearbooks for the people, we should give them more love.

Commas shouldn’t be a matter of life or death. But grammar geeks like to joke they save lives. Consider these punctuation death sentences:

“Panda eats, shoots and leaves.”

As the most significant verbal aspect of the design, headlines have a powerful impact on the look and feel of a yearbook spread. They provide a starting point for the reader, set the tone for the

It’s the least looked at element on the page. But it’s probably the most important. One of the primary functions of a yearbook is to tell the story of the year. To do that, we have to gather

Journalists emphasize the importance of writing in “hot heat.” In other words, it is important to write as the events unfold. As school starts, Gulf Coast residents are struggling to deal with record

Proofreading is a second chance to examine text for typographical errors. But it’s easy to skim past mistakes in grammar or spellling – ahem, spelling.

Providing details about a book’s publication, colophons have been included in books and manuscripts as early as the 6th century. Today, a colophon provides a description of printing notes relevant to

Quotes are the heart of your stories and captions. But too often they’re bogged down with attribution in the wrong place. So, let’s set the record straight when it comes to he said/she said.