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In typesetting, furniture is a term for pieces of wood that are shorter than the height of the type. These pieces are used to lay out type by blocking out empty spaces (white space) in a layout set in a chase. Furniture can be made of wood or metal and is of varying lengths and sizes.

The term furniture or page furniture is also used to refer to items on a page other than the main text and images, such as headlines, bylines or image captions.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ribbans, Elisabeth (31 January 2023). "The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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