Version 5.9.1

# `Textblock`

Create a rectangular piece of text.

## Child elements

`Bookmark`, `Copy-of`, `ForAll`, `HTML`, `Loop`, `Mark`, `Ol`, `Paragraph`, `Switch`, `Ul`, `Value`

## Parent elements

`Clip`, `Frame`, `Overlay`, `PlaceObject`, `Position`, `Td`, `Transformation`

## Attributes

`angle` (number, optional)
  The angle (counter clockwise) that the text gets turned.
`color` (text, optional)
  The name of the color of the text.
`columndistance` (number or length, optional)
  Distance between two columns. Defaults to 3mm.
`columns` (number, optional)
  Number of columns in the textblock. Do not use multi columns for any other purposes than simple text.
`fontfamily` (text, optional)
  The name of the font family. Defaults to `text`.
`language` (optional, since version 4.1.1)
  Set the language for hyphenation and rendering.
`minheight` (number or length, optional, since version 2.3.28)
  The minimum height of the textblock, given as a length or number (grid cells).
`textformat` (text, optional)
  The name of the text format to be applied to the text. Defaults to `text`.
`width` (number, optional)
  Number of columns for the text. If not given, the surrounding element determines the width of the element.

## Remarks

The textformat change the appearance of the paragraphs. They have to be previously defined by `DefineTextformat`.

Be careful when using multi column typesetting. This will only work with simple text, not with lists or so.

## Example

    <Record element="data">
      <PlaceObject>
        <Textblock width="10" angle="-20">
          <Paragraph>
            <B><Value>Bold slanted text</Value></B>
          </Paragraph>
        </Textblock>
      </PlaceObject>
    </Record>

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