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V-101 Typography
Typography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Font | A specific size, weight, and style applied to a character(letter, number, symbol) |
| Font Style | The slant and weight of a character, such as bold or italic |
| Font Family | A group of similarly formatted typefaces like Arial Bold, Arial Narrow, Arial Rounded |
| Typeface | The basic design of a character; each typeface has a design for each letter of the alphabet |
| Monospaced | All characters have the same like a typewriter |
| Proportional | All characters are based on the size of the character |
| Leading | Vertical line spacing |
| Kerning | Horizontal spacing between pairs of letters |
| Tracking | Horizontal spacing between ALL the characters 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 a serif typeface |
| Sans Serif fonts | Do not have tips or serifs on their tips and are used for webpage. Headlines in a newspaper use sans serif fonts, and the heading of a magazine articles use sans serif fonts. |
| Ornamental fonts | are not used often(sparingly). They are used on a flyer to catch the readers attention |
| 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 |
| Symbols | Used for characters. Decorative only |
| Visual Hierarchy | An arrangement of text in a graduated series to help readers scan and know where to enter and exit the text |
| Target Audience | A particular group at which film, book, advertising campaign, etc. |
| Medium | The intended output |