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Anatomy of Typography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Descender in typography?

a)

The part of some letters above the baseline.

b)

The part of some letters below the baseline.

c)

The part of the letter above the height.

d)

The part of the letter on the baseline.

2.

Font is sized in...

a)

points

b)

u's

c)

inches

d)

millimeters

3.

It's marked half the distance between the baseline and cap height:

a)

Baseline

b)

Cap Height

c)

Meanline

d)

X Height

4.

The imaginary line on which letters seems to be sitting.

a)

Baseline

b)

The Thin Red Line

c)

Cap height

d)

Clothes Line

5.

The capital letters of the alphabet:

a)

Typeface

b)

Typestyle

c)

Uppercase

d)

Lowercase

6.

People over 25 need a font size greater than.....

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

d)

12

7.

The imaginary line that runs along the top of most lowercase letters, such as i, c, e, m, n, u,v, w and x

a)

Baseline

b)

Lowercase

c)

Cap Height

d)

Meanline

8.
The part of letters such as “h” and “k” that goes above the x-height of lower case letters?
a)
Ascender
b)
Descender
c)
Cap-height
d)
x-height
9.

The imaginary line that runs across the top of capital letters

a)

Cap Height

b)

Baseline

c)

X Height

d)

Z Height

10.
The arrow is pointing to what part of the type?
a)
Cap Height
b)
Descender
c)
X-Height
d)
Baseline
11.
The arrow is pointing to what part of the type?
a)
Ascender
b)
Descender
c)
X-Height
d)
Counter
12.
The arrow is pointing to what part of the type?
a)
X-Height
b)
Ascender
c)
Baseline
d)
Counter
13.
The arrow is pointing to what part of the type?
a)
Cap Height
b)
Baseline
c)
Ascender
d)
Descender
14.
Type height is measured in:
a)
inches
b)
points
c)
picas
d)
kilojoules
15.

It is part of the lowercase letter that extends beyond x-height of the lowercase letter.

a)

Descender

b)

Ascender height

c)

Cap height

d)

X-height

16.

Which of the following is not considered as the anatomy of type?

a)

Ascender Height

b)

X-height

c)

Cap height

d)

Base Height

17.

Which image represents cap height?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

The curve lower portion of a lowercase g refers to ...

a)

ascender

b)

loop

c)

bar

d)

counter

19.

Name the highlighted part in red color.

(a)  

20.

Choose (in order) the highlighted part in red, green, and orange.

a)

Ascender, shoulder, counter

b)

Ascender line, shoulder, san serif

c)

Ascender, shoulder, serif

d)

Ascender line, shoulder, serif