: Term for content-holding iconographic images What is a correct term for images that are to act as containers for other content, e.g. for holding text or cropping images? Common examples of these
What is a correct term for images that are to act as containers for other content, e.g. for holding text or cropping images?
Common examples of these content-holding images are badges, thought bubbles, stickers, flags, ribbons, starbursts, etc. Here's a couple of examples of more interesting [whatever these are called]:
So we're talking about simple images, typically solid colour / silhouette that are used to contain text or crop/clip photos.
Imagine an organisation had created a library of [whatever these are called] to give commonality to their graphics. What would you call it?
They're not typical illustrations because their role is purely to support another item of content. They're a bit icongraphic in that they represent something in a simple way, but they're not typical icons. I'm sure there's an obvious term I can't think of that is better than "content-holding images"...
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There is no "industry standard" term for these. You could call them "containers" or "shape primitives" or "shape frames" -- anything that's descriptive will do for your hypothetical company, because it will be an in-house term that everyone will quickly become familiar with. You could even call them "balloons," since at least some of them are balloon shaped. People will catch on.
It's an inner text wrap.
"Inner Text Wrap" as Opposed to "Outer Text Wrap". Outer text wraps are far more common, but they are both text wraps. The actual shape being wrapped doesn't have a specific name as far as I'm aware. "Container" is sometimes used for an inner text wrap, but I don't believe that's in any way standard terminology.
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