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Type 2 Overview

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Legibility of text refers to the characteristics of how letterforms are designed.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Using thin weight text is conducive to...

a)

Headers

b)

Body Copy

c)

Captions

3.

Texture in typographic terms refers to...

a)

Grit in the anatomy of the letterforms

b)

The arrangement of words on a page

c)

The density and uniformity of text

4.

If your font size is 9pt, then you should set your indent to...

a)

8pt

b)

9pt

c)

10pt

d)

11pt

5.

Display type is best used for body copy.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

72pt measures out to be...

a)

0.25"

b)

0.5"

c)

.75"

d)

1"

7.

The optimal size for print body copy ranges from...

a)

5–7pt

b)

8–11pt

c)

12–14pt

d)

15–18pt

8.

The optimal amount of leading between lines of body copy for print should be...

a)

0–1pt

b)

2–3pt

c)

4–5pt

d)

6pt

9.

You should tighten the leading on headers.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

10/12pt means that the leading is 10pt.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Line length is affected by...

a)

Type size

b)

Typeface

c)

Column width

d)

All of the above

12.

The optimal amount of words per line is 15–20 words.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The imaginary lines on which letterforms, words, lines, and paragraphs sit are called...

a)

Gridline

b)

Hangline

c)

Baseline

d)

Flowline

14.

A hangline is also known as a...

a)

Flowline

b)

Horizon line

c)

Gutter

d)

Column

15.

The space between two columns on a grid is known as...

a)

Gutter

b)

Margin

c)

Module

d)

Spacer

16.

To denote the start of a paragraph, you can use...

a)

Indents

b)

Line space

c)

Both of the above, but never together

d)

Both of the above, but together

17.

If you are using line spaces between paragraphs and your leading is 18pt, then you should set your pace after to ___

a)

6pt

b)

9pt

c)

12pt

d)

18pt

18.

You should indent the first paragraph of your body copy.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Widows mean that there is a single word sitting on its own line.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The rag is the shape formed by the white space outside of each line of text.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

To achieve an ideal rag for flush left text, you must...

a)

Alternate the line lengths between short and long

b)

Align the line lengths so that they're flush

22.

Rivers are...

a)

Bodies of water

b)

The space between each line of text

c)

When large gaps appear between words

d)

All of the above

23.

Deks provide a short summary of a story to pique the reader's interest.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

A byline is a description of the images in an article.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

A sidebar is info that is tangentially related to the main story.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

A pull quote should use a hanging quote.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

A standing drop cap means that...

a)

It is the height of the first 2 lines of type.

b)

It is the height of the first 3 lines of type.

c)

It is the height of the first 4 lines of type.

d)

It sits on the same baseline as the first line of type.

28.

Lining numerals are best used for body copy.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Financial data should use proportional lining numerals.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Straight quotation marks are known as...

a)

Typographer's quotes

b)

Curly quotes

c)

Dumb quotes

d)

All of the above

31.

The adjustment of space in between individual letters is called...

a)

Tracking

b)

Kerning

c)

Letter spacing

d)

All of the above

32.

Tracking means the spacing is consistently applied to increase/decrease the visual density in a line or block of text.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

When typesetting, you apply tracking to...

a)

A single word

b)

A single line

c)

An entire paragraph

34.

The safe range for tracking is...

a)

–25 to +25

b)

–20 to +20

c)

–15 to +15

d)

–10 to +10

35.

The date range 2021–2025 uses a ______ to replace the word "through"

a)

Hyphen

b)

En dash

c)

Em dash

d)

Dash

36.

There is a space before and after an em dash.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

You should never hyphenate a company name

a)

True

b)

False

38.

The page count of a saddle stitched document needs to be divisible by...

a)

2

b)

4

c)

8

d)

16

39.

Which binding method would be most suited for a 100-page booklet?

a)

Saddle Stitch

b)

Smyth Sewn

c)

Perfect

d)

Loop Stitch

40.

What's my name?

a)

Christine

b)

Kristin

c)

Kristina

d)

Kristine