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WorksheetsTypography in Design Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Increasing or decreasing the space between ALL letters in a word is called:
leading
tracking
kerning
spacing
72 points is roughly equal to one:
inch
centimeter
pica
pixel
Adjusting the spacing between letter pairs:
leading
kerning
nit-picking
typesetting
The terms "typeface" and "font" are exactly the same thing.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE: 2 to 3 typefaces can be used together to add variety.
true
false
TRUE or FALSE: If everything stands out, nothing stands out.
true
false
Fonts that are script, all caps or just plain decorative are typically used as:
Text Type
Display type
Caption Type
Simple Type
Hierarchy is used to guide the readers eye in order of importance.
True
False
He is credited with inventing movable type
H. Scribenberg
D. Fontalioni
J. Gutenberg
R. Mutt
Display fonts are best used for
professional documents like a resume.
documents viewed on a computer screen.
small amounts of text: title, header or logo.
large paragraphs of text as in an article or book.
Which image shows a display font?
This block of text is aligned:
justified
centered
flush right, ragged left
flush left, ragged right
This block of text is aligned:
justified
flush right, ragged left
flush left, ragged right
centered
This block of text is aligned:
justified
flush right, ragged left
flush left, ragged right
centered
Line length (width) is measured in:
inches
points
picas
pixels
An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
Pictograms
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Semitic
The Sumerians developed ____________, the world's first system of writing, later used by the Babylonian people.
cuneiform
scribe
epics
cylinder seals
The earliest written communication was through _______________, or picture symbols.
alphabet
pictographs
scribes
epics
Early writing consisting of shapes and lines produced by using a wedge-shaped instrument on a clay tablet
cuneiform
petroglyphs
heiroglyphs
Semitic
Precursor to the development of Latin and Roman letters:
Sumerian
Babylonian
Mediterranean
Semitic
Pictures that represent words:
entableture
pictographs
wedges
stylus
Movable type letters are assembled for printing in the press:
upside down and backwards
right side up and right-reading
rotated 90 to 120 degrees
as you would write them by hand
Gutenberg's printing press created an image through which of the process(es) below? [check all that apply]
Placing the assembled type in the press
Applying ink to the surface of the type
Placing paper under the frisket
Pressing the image onto the paper
Which offers the best legiblility in long passages of text?
Display type
Script type
Text type
Distressed type
Art movements such as Bauhaus also impacted typography.
true
false
Which are types of balance mentioned in the video?
Asymmetrical
Symmetrical
Crystallographic
Radial
