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1.02 MAWD
Understanding Digital Communication Products
Term | Definition |
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Graphic | Visual art. Graphical item displayed on screen or stored as data. |
Bleed | Images or elements extending beyond the trim edge, leaving no white margin |
Caption | Text explaining an illustration or graphic |
Dropped cap | Very large capital letter usually used at the start of a webpage, book, or book chapter. |
Pull quote | Brief quote taken from main text of an article and displayed as a graphic or element. |
Sidebar | Short article, usually in a box, displayed to the side of a main article. |
End mark | Typographic element that is meant to signal the end of an article. |
Nameplate | Stylized banner on the front of a newsletter or periodical that identifies the publication |
Main heading | Heading determining the overarching subject until the next heading |
Subheading | Headings within the main headings meant to define subtopics within the main subject |
Byline | Line naming the writer of an article |
Kicker | Short lead-in phrase to a narrative or article |
Deck | Short summary, accompanying the headline of an article |
Body | main text, making up the actual content of an article |
Jumpline | line of text stating "to be continued on (location)". Placed at the end of part of a story. |
Running header/footer | Header or footer, accessed by double clicking the top or bottom margins. All things typed here usually are copied onto the next page. |