subhead
Secondary headline beneath
A subhead is a secondary heading within a text, subordinate to the main headline or title.
Subheads break up long articles or chapters into digestible sections: The article used subheads to guide readers through each argument.
In journalism and web writing, they help readers scan for relevant content.
Secondary title text
- deckShip's flat surface
- kickerOne who boots balls
- captionText accompanying an image
- bylineArticle author identification
masthead · sidebar · column · banner · feature · layout · editorial · infographic
Thick, dark lettering
- titleFormal honorific or name
- fontCharacter style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- displayPresentation for viewing
sans-serif · serif · point size · leading · kerning · alignment · formatting · italic
One lower in rank
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- assistantOne who aids another
- secondaryLesser in rank
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
subsection · subcategory · branch · division · department · underling · lieutenant · second-in-command
subtitle
Secondary title text
byline · masthead · sidebar · column · banner · feature · layout · editorial · infographic · op-ed
boldface
Thick, dark lettering
display · sans-serif · serif · point size · leading · kerning · alignment · formatting · italic · weight
subordinate
One lower in rank
subdivision · subsection · subcategory · branch · division · department · underling · lieutenant · second-in-command · junior
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, news alert, news bulletin
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, news, articles, article
- document partstitle, page, paragraph, sentence, chapter
- article partsbyline, lede, body, body text, paragraph
- journalism termsheadlines, byline, bylines, lead, leads