What is it called when you place text over an image?



What is it called when you place text over an image?


Question

For example, in this album cover:

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Is the text "imposed" over the image? What is the right word for placing one layer of design on top of another?

2013/11/24
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11/24/2013 5:24:00 PM

Accepted Answer

This is overlay text. Text that covers the surface of the image is called overlay text. Because you can't see the parts of the image that are behind the white stroke of this font I would call it overlay :)

2013/11/23
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11/23/2013 6:15:00 PM