hidden text

Invisible screen writing

Hidden text is content that exists in a document or webpage but isn't immediately visible to readers.

It may be concealed through formatting tricks—white text on white backgrounds, tiny fonts, text behind images—often to manipulate search engines or deceive users.

Hidden text also refers to metadata, comments in code, or content revealed only through specific actions: The hidden text appeared when she highlighted the page.

Related

encrypted · stealth · watermark · metadata · buried · obscured · camouflaged · under the radar · coded · read between lines · cipher · subliminal · white-on-white · SEO · spam · reveal · decode · uncover

Categories
Opposites
visibility

hidden textplain text

Unencoded readable characters

body text

prominence/emphasis

hidden textbold text

Darkened type for emphasis

headline · large print

transparency/disclosure

hidden textexplicit content

Media with mature themes

clear text · plaintext · public disclosure

Family

hidden, text, hide, hides, hiding, hid, hiddenness, texts, textual

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G