From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
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Straplines and kickers - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign: Elements of a Layout
Straplines and kickers
- [Voiceover] Also known as a deck or standfirst, a strapline is a subsidiary heading that summarizes the article. Like the head, the strapline may span the text columns. It can be in the same typeface family as the head, or the same typeface as the body text. Typically, it goes below the head, but can go above. There may also be a short kicker above the head. This may be a department head identifying the section of the magazine. In my layout-in-progress, I'm going to select the first paragraph after the headline by double-clicking to insert my type cursor into that paragraph, and then press Command- or Control-2 to zoom into a 200% view. I'll click 4 times to select that paragraph, and I'm going to change its size to 14 points, and its leading to 16.5 points. Currently, it's aligned to an 11-point grid, so I'm going to come to my Control Panel menu, and choose Only Align First Line to Grid. In my paragraph formats, I'm gonna make sure that it is left-aligned, and that it does not…
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