The best replacement for text is html.

The best alternatives to text are rated as following:
★★★★★  html
★★★★  texted
★★★  varchar
★★★  call
★★  email
★★  sms
★★  plain text
★★  call a girl
★  image
★  blob
★  varchar max
★  imessage
★  ntext
★  shot
★  varchar(max)
★  mms
★  longtext
★  subtext
★  rich text
★  varchar sql
★  call her
★  ginebra
★  graphic feature
★  context
  alaska
  html email
  not to text
  textarea
  septuagint
  calling
  body of the book
  varchar mysql
  string rails
  morse code
  mms text
  text
  narrative text
  talk
  texts
  html emails
  varchar postgres
  expository text
  old english
  binary
  san miguel
  blob mysql
  graphics
  informational text
  lucene
  im
  html format
  critical text
  petron
  phone call
  purefoods
  ocr
  graphic features
  call after first date
  discourse

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Other search terms related to text and their ratings are:
★★★★★ punctuation
★★★★ background
★★★ link
★★★ image
★★ transparent background
★ background color
★ audio
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