Typography Worksheet:
Write out the answers to these questions in complete
sentences.
1. The ascender line is the imaginary line which determines
the height of ascenders.
2. The base line is the imaginary line on which all characters rest. Descenders hang below the base line.
3. The ascender height is the x-height plus the height of the ascending stroke. It is the distance between the base line and the ascender line.
4. The cap height is the height of capital letters. It is the distance between the base line and the cap line.
5. The descender is the stroke of a letter which dips below the base line, as in the letters g and j.
6.The ascender is the stroke of a line of a letter which rises above the mean line, as in the letters d, f and k.
7. The x-height is the distance between the flat top and bottom of a lower case letter which has no ascender or descender, such as x. It is the distance between the base line and the mean line. The curved tops and bottoms of the p, o, and g extend beyond these lines so that they appear visually to fit the x-height.
8. The cap line is the imaginary line which determines the height of capital letters.
9. The mean line is the imaginary line which determines the height of lowercase letters. Ascenders rise above the mean line.
10. The descender line is the imaginary line which defines the bottom reach of descenders.
2. The base line is the imaginary line on which all characters rest. Descenders hang below the base line.
3. The ascender height is the x-height plus the height of the ascending stroke. It is the distance between the base line and the ascender line.
4. The cap height is the height of capital letters. It is the distance between the base line and the cap line.
5. The descender is the stroke of a letter which dips below the base line, as in the letters g and j.
6.The ascender is the stroke of a line of a letter which rises above the mean line, as in the letters d, f and k.
7. The x-height is the distance between the flat top and bottom of a lower case letter which has no ascender or descender, such as x. It is the distance between the base line and the mean line. The curved tops and bottoms of the p, o, and g extend beyond these lines so that they appear visually to fit the x-height.
8. The cap line is the imaginary line which determines the height of capital letters.
9. The mean line is the imaginary line which determines the height of lowercase letters. Ascenders rise above the mean line.
10. The descender line is the imaginary line which defines the bottom reach of descenders.
Define Serif: The fine line that extends from the top and
bottom of letters making them easier to read; used for the body text of a book.
Define Sans-Serif: A typeface that is straight with no serifs or small extensions on letter; generally used for headers.
When do you use Antique Fonts? You use antique fonts when you are trying to evoke a period feel since they have a long history.
At most how many words should be Decorative Fonts at a time? At most, three words at a time.
What does a script font resemble? A script font resembles handwriting.
What element of design does script represent? (From elements lesson) It represents typeface.
Why use Symbol Fonts? They can complement a specific font.
Define Sans-Serif: A typeface that is straight with no serifs or small extensions on letter; generally used for headers.
When do you use Antique Fonts? You use antique fonts when you are trying to evoke a period feel since they have a long history.
At most how many words should be Decorative Fonts at a time? At most, three words at a time.
What does a script font resemble? A script font resembles handwriting.
What element of design does script represent? (From elements lesson) It represents typeface.
Why use Symbol Fonts? They can complement a specific font.
Define Typography: Typography is the art and process of
arranging type for a variety of media purposes and is made up of several parts.
Why do designers need a solid foundation in typography? By understanding the underlying message that your choice of text contains, you will become more effective as you design and layout projects containing words and phrases.
Kerning: Kerning is the space located between individual letters of a word.
Leading: Leading is the space between the lines of text.
Tracking: Tracking is the white space throughout the text body.
Why do designers need a solid foundation in typography? By understanding the underlying message that your choice of text contains, you will become more effective as you design and layout projects containing words and phrases.
Kerning: Kerning is the space located between individual letters of a word.
Leading: Leading is the space between the lines of text.
Tracking: Tracking is the white space throughout the text body.
When do you use the following?
Center Alignment: Use center alignment with headlines of titles.
Right Alignment: Use right alignment for business letters, return address labels, business cards, and a variety of other applications where a formal style of alignment is needed.
Justified Alignment: Use justified alignment for newspaper print and body text for textbooks.
Center Alignment: Use center alignment with headlines of titles.
Right Alignment: Use right alignment for business letters, return address labels, business cards, and a variety of other applications where a formal style of alignment is needed.
Justified Alignment: Use justified alignment for newspaper print and body text for textbooks.
What is remembered: good styling or bad styling? Good
styling is remembered.
What is legibility? Legibility is the quality of being readable or distinguishable by the eye.
Type size smaller than 7pt is: Type size smaller than 7pt is difficult to read.
Type size smaller than 3pts is: Type size smaller than 3pt is illegible.
Type range for legible type is: Type range for legible type is between 8pt and 14pt
What do you use for long passages? Use 9pt or 10pt for long passages.
What case do we use for Body? Use between 8pt and 14pt for a body.
What is measure? Measure is the width of the text column.
What can you tell me about Ragged Edges? Ragged Edges do not look good in text.
What is legibility? Legibility is the quality of being readable or distinguishable by the eye.
Type size smaller than 7pt is: Type size smaller than 7pt is difficult to read.
Type size smaller than 3pts is: Type size smaller than 3pt is illegible.
Type range for legible type is: Type range for legible type is between 8pt and 14pt
What do you use for long passages? Use 9pt or 10pt for long passages.
What case do we use for Body? Use between 8pt and 14pt for a body.
What is measure? Measure is the width of the text column.
What can you tell me about Ragged Edges? Ragged Edges do not look good in text.
What are some ways text can be used and what font types do
you use for each?
Text can be used to create shapes and different illustrations. Hand-drawn letters can be used to create illustrations. Arabic font is more flowing and organic, which is used to create decorative designs.
Text can be used to create shapes and different illustrations. Hand-drawn letters can be used to create illustrations. Arabic font is more flowing and organic, which is used to create decorative designs.
**Read ALL of it.
Answer the following:
Why is choosing and using the right font important? (Two
reasons)
The right typeface can encourage people to read your
message. The wrong typeface or bad typography can make your message go unread.
What are the two most important things to remember?
Type should overpower the text. Use the appropriate typeface
to convey the feeling that you want the reader to have.
What is appropriate? What do you have to consider?
What is appropriate? What do you have to consider?
The appropriate typeface conveys feeling you want the reader
to have when reading the text. You have to consider the reader.
Tell me the rules: (there
are 10)
1.) Body
text should be between 10 and 12 point, with 11 point best for printing to 300
dot-per-inch printers. Use the same typeface, type size, and leading for all
your body copy.
2.) Use
enough leading (or line-spacing). Always add at least 1 or 2 points to the type
size.
3.) Don’t
make your lines too short or too long. Optimum size: Over 30 characters and
under 70 characters.
4.) Make
paragraph beginnings clear. Use either an indent or block style for paragraphs.
Don’t use both. Don’t use neither, either.
5.) Use
only one space after a period, not two.
6.) Don’t
justify text unless you have to. If you justify text you must use hyphenation.
7.) Don’t
underline anything, especially not headlines or subheads since lines separate
them from the text with which they belong.
8.) Use
italics instead of underlines.
9.) Don’t
set long blocks of text in italics, bold, or all caps because they’re harder to
read.
10.) Leave more
space above headlines and subheads than below them, and avoid setting them in
all caps. Use subheads liberally to help readers find what they’re looking for.
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