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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 139 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (Few fonts, big enough): Serif = small feet on letters; sans-serif = plain ends. Use one or two fonts. Heading = body size × times (12 pt × 3 = 36 pt). Line spacing ≈ 1.5 × font size; 72 pt = 1 inch.

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  1. 1.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  3. 3.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) sans-serif fonts (b) emoji (c) serif fonts (d) pixels
  5. 5.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  6. 6.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “plain letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔤 Text is set at 21 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  9. 9.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) serifs (small feet) (b) colour (c) size (d) letters
  11. 11.True or false: six fonts on one page is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔤 Text is set at 20 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  14. 14.🔤 Text is set at 24 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  15. 15.🔤 Text is set at 14 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  16. 16.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  17. 17.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  18. 18.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a long story (b) a timetable (c) small labels (d) a short title
  19. 19.True or false: short lines of text is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  21. 21.🔤 Text is set at 18 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  22. 22.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  23. 23.True or false: one or two fonts is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: “no little feet” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  26. 26.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  27. 27.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  28. 28.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “plain letter ends” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  32. 32.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  33. 33.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  34. 34.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  35. 35.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) kilograms (b) litres (c) degrees (d) points (pt)
  36. 36.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  37. 37.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  38. 38.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  39. 39.True or false: all text in capitals is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 15
  3. False
  4. serif fonts
  5. sans-serif
  6. False
  7. False
  8. 31.5
  9. True
  10. serifs (small feet)
  11. True
  12. True
  13. 30
  14. 36
  15. 21
  16. serif
  17. sans-serif
  18. a short title
  19. False
  20. 48
  21. 27
  22. serif
  23. True
  24. False
  25. 1.5
  26. easy to read
  27. 0.25
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. serif
  32. 42
  33. 36
  34. 56
  35. points (pt)
  36. 30
  37. serif
  38. 33
  39. False
  40. 20

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