More About Frames or Sub-Frames

This sub-topic provides information about variable or fixed-size frames.

Each frame can either have a variable or a fixed size.

Variable-size frames adapt to the text length, whereas fixed-size frames always remain as is, no matter what the text length is. So if you choose a fixed-size frame and the length of you text exceeds the frame size, then the text will extend beyond the frame.

Fixed frame sizes are defined in the standards. For more information, refer to Frame Definition.

This sub-topic provides information about frame size.

The size of frames depends on the following factors:

• whether you use them as frames or sub-frames,
• the height between the characters top and bottom or cap and base,
• margins.

Thus, a frame or a sub-frame might look different although the text to which it is applied is identical.

This sub-topic provides information about frames and sub-frames.

You cannot use the following types of frames as sub-frames:

• Sticking
• Nota
• Scored Rectangle
• All types of fixed-size frames.