Section (typography)

Section breaks are used to signal various changes in a story, including changes in time, location, point-of-view character, mood, tone, emotion, and pace.

[citation needed] The dotted-decimal section-numbering scheme commonly used in scientific and technical documents[6] is defined by International Standard ISO 2145.

[citation needed] A document may also be considered to be divided into sections by its headings and subheadings, which may be used for a table of contents.

[citation needed] Space between paragraphs in a section break is sometimes accompanied by a dinkus (* * *), an asterism (⁂), a horizontal rule, fleurons (❦), an ellipsis (. . .)

Such a typographic device can be referred to as a dinkus, a space break symbol, a paragraph separator, a paragraph divider, a horizontal divider, a thought break, or as an instance of filigree or flourish.

Ornamental section breaks can be created using glyphs, rows of lozenges, dingbats, or other miscellaneous symbols.