In
publishing, a callout or call-out is a short string of text connected by a line, arrow, or similar graphic to a feature of an illustration or technical drawing, and giving information about that feature. The term is also used to describe a short piece of text set in larger type than the rest of the page and intended to attract attention.
In documents that need to be translated often a neutral callout is used. By using numbers or letters as callout in combination with an image caption, translation is more efficient since the same graphic can be used in all languages.
A similar device in
word processing
A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no conse ...
is a special text box with or without a small "tail" that can be pointed to different locations on a document.
In the
utility industry, a callout is an instruction to report for emergency or special work at an unusual time or place.
Gallery
File:SARJ with callouts.jpg, The callouts in this illustration give information about a solar array rotary joint of the International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...
.
File:Callout neo office.png , Description callout panel in NeoOffice Writer's draw toolbar.
File:Drycell-vectorised.svg , Callout using numbers for efficient translation.
File:Maurerhammergipserbeil2.JPG , Callout using letters for distinction.
Arts
In
music
Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...
, call-out
hooks are small portions of a song, usually seven to ten seconds of a song's hook used by radio stations "in market research to assist in gauging the popularity of a song by the recognizability of its hook".
See also
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Call-out culture
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Pull-quote
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Speech balloon
Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comics, and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing a char ...
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