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V-1.01 typography
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Serif | characters have strokes at the tips of the letters |
| Sans Serif | characters do not have strokes at the tips of the letters |
| Ornamental | used for decoration to catch eye |
| Script | appear to have been written by hand |
| Symbol | uses symbols for characters |
| font | specific size, weight, and style applied to a character |
| Mono-spaced | each character takes up the same amount of horizontal space |
| proportional | each character takes up varied amount of horizontal space |
| font style | the slant and weight of a character such as bold and italic |
| font family | a group of similarity formatted typefaces like Arial bold, Arial narrow, Arial rounded |
| typeface | the basic designed of a character; each type face has a design for each letter of the alphabet |
| leading | vertical line spacing |
| kerning | horizontal spacing between pairs of letters |
| tracking | horizontal spacing between all the character side by side |
| serif fonts | used in the body of a book, in books and magazines, can help you read across the page. newsletters are typed in serif type space |
| sans serif fonts | do not have tips or serifs on their tips and are used for webpages. headlines in newspaper use sans serif fonts and the heading of a magazine article uses sans serif fonts |
| ornamental fonts | are not used often (sparingly). they are used on flyer to catch readers attention. and ad will use an ornamental headline to get notices. use only one ornamental font on a flyer |
| script fonts | look like they are written by hand. they should never be typed in all capitals. A prom invitation would use a script font. script fonts are used for wedding invitations or poetry |
| Jan is designing a website for a clothing store. She is testing her font choice to see if it is legible on the computer screen. This is an example of which usability and readability consideration? | design purpose |
| When designing a newsletter for FBLA, Susie placed all images near the articles they were illustrating. Which design principle did she use? | balance |