text block

American  

[tekst blahk] / ˈtɛkst ˌblɑk /

noun

1. a section of text on a printed page, visually set off from other such sections or from graphic elements.

2. Digital Technology. (in a text editor) a section of alphanumeric content that is recognizable as a unit on the screen, visually set off from other such sections or from images, icons, or buttons, and often able to be moved around, resized, or otherwise transformed.

3. Bookbinding. the bound pages of a book, as distinct from its covers.

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Example Sentences

Three-challenge winner Graham opted for a space inspired by a Shaker round barn, complete with a round wooden interior silo as the focal centerpiece, old-timey photographs on the walls and a dense explanatory text block at the entrance.

From Los Angeles Times

The cover panels on the book include an image of Pyramus and Thisbe, and the edges of the text block are decorated with elaborate patterning.

From The Guardian

Facebook adds new Group tools as it looks for ‘meaningful’ conversations Facebook held its summit for group administrators today, and introduced new management features, Jake Kastrenakes reports: Group administrators will now be able to format their posts with larger text, block quotes, and bulleted lists.

From The Verge

Group administrators will now be able to format their posts with larger text, block quotes, and bulleted lists.

From The Verge

Miller is a literature professor at Yale, so he has been around the “death of the author”/“there is no ‘outside the text’ ” block a few times.

From The New Yorker