| Question |
Answer |
| What does gothic font category look like? |
Black letters like on Christmas cards. |
| Which is easier to read on paper San Serif or Serif? |
Serif. |
| What are serifs? |
They are tails on edge/ends of letters. |
| What is the x height of a font? |
It is the height of a lower case x. |
| What is a type family? |
Reg. Italics, bold and bold italics, ect. of the font type. Ex. Ariel regular, arial italics, ariel bold, ariel bold italics, extended and condenced. |
| How do you measure font size of type? |
Top of the ascender to the bottom of the descender. |
| Where are the ascenders and descenders f letters? |
the part above and below the x height. |
| Where is the baseline of a letter? |
The line that all the letters rest on. |
| What is the Egyptian type classification and why is it called Egyptian? |
Slab Serif, popular font when Egyptian tombs were being discovered. |
| What do you use to measure type? |
points. |
| Where is the mean line in type anatomy? |
Top of x height. |
| Which is older Serif or San Serif? |
Serif. |
| How many points to an inch? |
72ppi. |
| What is the difference between Serif and San Serif? |
The Serifs ('feet'). |
| When do we use all caps? |
Hardly ever, to hard to read. |
| Are all x heights of all fonts the same size? |
No, they vary by fonts. |
| What did the first printed fonts look like? |
Gothic blackletter like handwriting of the scribes/monks of that time. |
| What is one theory of the origin of Serifs on type? |
Roman chisels and brush strokes on letters. |
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