: Correct term for stacked / super-justified / variable height text Meaning like this, where there's a fixed width, and every line is scaled maintaining its aspect ratio to meet the width - including

@Jessie844

I'm going to go out on a limb and say slab-justified text.

This is a style that combines the two ideas of slab text and text justification, which are also the most commonly used (but potentially misleading) existing names. Rather than using a name that only covers half of the idea, let's combine them.


Like Justified text, this is a method of aligning text resulting in lines having equal widths. Just calling it "justified", however, invites confusion with conventional text justification, which only adjusts tracking or width (not text size or height), and is used very differently giving a very different aesthetic effect.
Like slab text, this uses text of different sizes to create a blocky aesthetic effect where the text is the eye-catching feature. Just calling it "slab text", however, does not specify equal widths, and may sound like a style of typeface (like slab serif) rather that a type of text alignment or arrangement.


Anyone familiar with either the history of the term "slab text" or the modern (mis-) use of "justified" will know what you mean. Anyone who isn't will imagine a slab of text with a blocky aesthetic where every line has equal length: which is pretty much what this is.

Crucially, it doesn't invite misunderstandings. It wouldn't leave someone confident they know what you mean when actually they're thinking of something else entirely.

It also gives the most relevant search results (including image search) of anything I've tried, including handy resources like this jQuery plugin.

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