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Text frame

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

nounCommon term

In graphic design, text frame means: A container defining the area in which a passage of text is laid out.

In Turkish: metin çerçevesi

How it is used

Use for the container, separately from the text it holds.

Example sentences

  1. The text frame is narrow enough to force six extra lines.

    Container width changes line wrapping without changing the wording.

  2. We linked the new text frame to the one on the previous page.

    A container can participate in a continuous text flow.

Common collocations

  • resize a text frame
  • linked text frames
  • body copyThe main, longer text of a design, such as paragraphs in a brochure or article, as opposed to headlines, captions and other short text.
  • layoutThe way text, images and other elements are arranged on a page, screen or poster, including their size, position and the space between them.

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