(Internet) A text caption, associated with an image or other element, that is rendered if the usual content cannot be rendered.

A text placed alongside its translation or translations. / A text similar to one being translated.

plural of text hand

(dated) A style of large handwriting, formerly used for the text of a book, contrasting with the smaller hand used for the notes.

(music) Program music, or the process of composing it.

plural of text painting

(bibliography, of a plate) Occupying a full page by itself, rather than among the prose.

(literature) Any relatively early text with fantastical elements, a precursor to fantasy as a genre.

(typography) A placeholder text used in typesetting.

Synonym of zalgo (“text that appears corrupted or creepy due to the deliberate overuse of diacritics”).