Text - Heading

About

An heading is a text feature that contains a short and prominent sentence.

It's part of an header. If not, it's the header in itself and creates implicitly a section

Its primary functions are :

• organizing a document in section
• resuming a text
• catching the eye.

Usage

Html

In HTML, an heading defined:

• a new section (the structure of the document)
• and the heading of this section

Letter

In a letter, the heading is one sentence that carries the reason of the writing.

Press

In the press, the term is known as headline.

Scope

A heading may summarize a section. ie:

• the whole page
• a chapter
• or just a component