The image above contains a head made up of a four-deck combination of forms, each deck separated from the one below with a short horizontal rule.
The first deck is a drop-line head in two parts. Each line is upper-case and displayed in a thin but large font. The first line reads | FRENCH STRIKE ENDS | and the second | AFTER DAY OF CRIME |.
The second deck is a pyramid bank of three parts. It is in mixed-case and displayed in a smaller font size. The parts say | Railroad Men’s Union Orders | Work Resumed on All Tied | Up Lines To-day. | Together the three parts of the head reads as | Railroad Men’s Union Orders Work Resumed on All Tied Up Lines To-day. |
The third deck is a cross-line head in upper-case and displayed in a font slightly larger than the one used in the preceding deck. The line reads | BOMB OUTRAGES CONTINUE |.
The fourth and final deck of this large headline is another pyramid head in three parts. It is in the same case and font size as the second deck which was also a pyramid. The parts of this head say | Attempts to Blow Up Passenger | Trains and Bridges Arouse | Public and Police. | Together the three parts of the head says | Attempts to Blow Up Passenger Trains and Bridges Arouse Public and Police. |
A large three part drop-line head may be followed by a hanging indention line and by a cross-line, as in the following case:
The image above contains three decks separated by short horizontal rules.
The first deck is a large drop-line head in three parts. It is all upper-case displayed in a medium-weighted font. The parts of this head say | TREASURY CHANGE | CAUSES A RECOUNT | OF NATION’S FUNDS |. Together the three parts says | TREASURY CHANGE CAUSES A RECOUNT OF NATION’S FUNDS |.
The middle deck is a hanging indention head in four parts. It is displayed as mixed-case in a smaller and thinner font. The parts of the head say | Amazing Wealth is Stored Up | in the Vaults of Country’s | Repositories for Coin and | Bullion. | Together the four parts says | Amazing Wealth is Stored Up in the Vaults of Country’s Repositories for Coin and Bullion. |