guardian / guardian/dotcom-rendering
[Bug] Newsletter sign-up can be inserted between faux headings and images, disrupting visual flow in feature/newsletter articles
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Description
### What happened?
The newsletter sign-up component is sometimes inserted in an awkward place between a section heading and the associated image in articles that use a pattern like `
Heading
` for subheadings. This results in the sign-up breaking up what was intended to be a visually-linked heading + image pair, e.g. in [Party dresses to muddy boots: Kate Moss's best fashion moments](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/may/28/the-moments-that-made-kate-moss-a-home-grown-fashion-legend).This pattern is used for "faux" subheadings in Composer, and those headings are indistinguishable from paragraph text for the placement algorithm. The promoted newsletter can then be inserted between a heading and its related image, disrupting the narrative flow and user experience.
#### Example URL
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/may/28/the-moments-that-made-kate-moss-a-home-grown-fashion-legend
#### Screenshots / Illustrations
### Where is this happening?
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/may/28/the-moments-that-made-kate-moss-a-home-grown-fashion-legend
### What is the impact?
- Signup can interrupt reading flow in newsletters or feature articles using bold-paragraph subheadings.
- Looks visually broken and weakens the editorial structure (heading and image are meant to form a unit).
- Editors may be unaware if they expect their headings to act as section dividers.
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