Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hedcut.

Examples

  • If Mr. Trump won, he would receive a copy of the stippled "hedcut" image The Wall Street Journal often uses to illustrate stories about him, signed by the artist.

    Trading Shots With Donald Trump 2010

  • Knafo was one of the first hedcut illustrators to have ever worked at the Journal and with 27 years of service he's also the longest-tenured.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

  • Like the time when artist Noli Novak received a thank-you note for choosing to straighten out the eyes of a cross-eyed rabbi in a hedcut.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

  • "I was able to coordinate and work from home with (the artists)," says Dilcia Martinez who doles out hedcut assignments.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

  • While there is concern among the artists that the hedcut is becoming gradually outmoded, she says there's still a demand.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

  • When job-seeking illustrator Laura Levy first met the team of Wall Street Journal hedcut artists in the early 1980s, she was struck by their peculiar task.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

  • So many likenesses of prominent figures have been featured that to have one's hedcut appear in the Journal is, for most, a seminal moment.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

  • So many likenesses of prominent figures have been featured that to have one's hedcut appear in the Journal is, for most, a seminal moment.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

  • Knafo was one of the first hedcut illustrators to have ever worked at the Journal and with 27 years of service he's also the longest-tenured.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

  • When job-seeking illustrator Laura Levy first met the team of Wall Street Journal hedcut artists in the early 1980s, she was struck by their peculiar task.

    A History of Wall Street Journal Hedcuts Brian Aguilar 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • a type of illustration particular to the Wall Street Journal; a pen and ink head-and-shoulders portrait in a style mimicking the woodcuts used in early journalism.

    October 16, 2015