WorksheetsType 2 Overview
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 13mins
Legibility of text refers to the characteristics of how letterforms are designed.
True
False
Using thin weight text is conducive to...
Headers
Body Copy
Captions
Texture in typographic terms refers to...
Grit in the anatomy of the letterforms
The arrangement of words on a page
The density and uniformity of text
If your font size is 9pt, then you should set your indent to...
8pt
9pt
10pt
11pt
Display type is best used for body copy.
True
False
72pt measures out to be...
0.25"
0.5"
.75"
1"
The optimal size for print body copy ranges from...
5–7pt
8–11pt
12–14pt
15–18pt
The optimal amount of leading between lines of body copy for print should be...
0–1pt
2–3pt
4–5pt
6pt
You should tighten the leading on headers.
True
False
10/12pt means that the leading is 10pt.
True
False
Line length is affected by...
Type size
Typeface
Column width
All of the above
The optimal amount of words per line is 15–20 words.
True
False
The imaginary lines on which letterforms, words, lines, and paragraphs sit are called...
Gridline
Hangline
Baseline
Flowline
A hangline is also known as a...
Flowline
Horizon line
Gutter
Column
The space between two columns on a grid is known as...
Gutter
Margin
Module
Spacer
To denote the start of a paragraph, you can use...
Indents
Line space
Both of the above, but never together
Both of the above, but together
If you are using line spaces between paragraphs and your leading is 18pt, then you should set your pace after to ___
6pt
9pt
12pt
18pt
You should indent the first paragraph of your body copy.
True
False
Widows mean that there is a single word sitting on its own line.
True
False
The rag is the shape formed by the white space outside of each line of text.
True
False
To achieve an ideal rag for flush left text, you must...
Alternate the line lengths between short and long
Align the line lengths so that they're flush
Rivers are...
Bodies of water
The space between each line of text
When large gaps appear between words
All of the above
Deks provide a short summary of a story to pique the reader's interest.
True
False
A byline is a description of the images in an article.
True
False
A sidebar is info that is tangentially related to the main story.
True
False
A pull quote should use a hanging quote.
True
False
A standing drop cap means that...
It is the height of the first 2 lines of type.
It is the height of the first 3 lines of type.
It is the height of the first 4 lines of type.
It sits on the same baseline as the first line of type.
Lining numerals are best used for body copy.
True
False
Financial data should use proportional lining numerals.
True
False
Straight quotation marks are known as...
Typographer's quotes
Curly quotes
Dumb quotes
All of the above
The adjustment of space in between individual letters is called...
Tracking
Kerning
Letter spacing
All of the above
Tracking means the spacing is consistently applied to increase/decrease the visual density in a line or block of text.
True
False
When typesetting, you apply tracking to...
A single word
A single line
An entire paragraph
The safe range for tracking is...
–25 to +25
–20 to +20
–15 to +15
–10 to +10
The date range 2021–2025 uses a ______ to replace the word "through"
Hyphen
En dash
Em dash
Dash
There is a space before and after an em dash.
True
False
You should never hyphenate a company name
True
False
The page count of a saddle stitched document needs to be divisible by...
2
4
8
16
Which binding method would be most suited for a 100-page booklet?
Saddle Stitch
Smyth Sewn
Perfect
Loop Stitch
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Christine
Kristin
Kristina
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