Callout

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.

For the song, see Call Out.
The callouts in this illustration give information about a solar array rotary joint of the International Space Station.
Description callout panel in NeoOffice Writer's draw toolbar.

A similar device in word processing is a special text box with or without a small "tail" that can be pointed to different locations on a document.[1]

In the utility industry, a callout is an instruction to report for emergency or special work at an unusual time or place.[2]

Arts

In music, 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".

In the fine arts, a call-out is a notice calling for response from artists to contribute, apply or enter various proposed events, by curators and/or galleries.

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See also

References
  1. "Using callouts". Allen Wyatt's Word Tips. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  2. "Call-out". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
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