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Catchline

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000999

A temporary label at the top of a page of copy, a galley proof or a layout, made of a word or short phrase that identifies the piece during production but is not printed in the published text. Editors and compositors use it to keep stories and proofs matched to their pages. It differs from a kicker, a short line set above a headline that does appear in print.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-000999
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Kollationsvermerk; Spanish: línea de identificación; French: manchette
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000999",
  "term": "Catchline",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A temporary label at the top of a page of copy, a galley proof or a layout, made of a word or short phrase that identifies the piece during production but is not printed in the published text. Editors and compositors use it to keep stories and proofs matched to their pages. It differs from a kicker, a short line set above a headline that does appear in print.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Kollationsvermerk",
    "es": "línea de identificación",
    "fr": "manchette"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/catchline/"
}

Record 1,096 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.