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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 141 · 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.🔤 Easy or hard to read: fancy curly script? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  2. 2.True or false: lines squashed together is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  4. 4.🔤 Text is set at 20 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  5. 5.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  6. 6.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  7. 7.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  8. 8.🔤 Text is set at 14 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  9. 9.True or false: lines squashed together is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔤 Easy or hard to read: space between lines? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  11. 11.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  12. 12.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  13. 13.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  15. 15.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  16. 16.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  17. 17.True or false: dark words, pale page is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  19. 19.True or false: yellow words on white is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) quieter (b) shorter (c) easier to read (d) harder to read
  21. 21.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔤 Text is set at 19 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  23. 23.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  24. 24.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  25. 25.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  26. 26.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  28. 28.True or false: “no little feet” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a long story (b) small labels (c) a short title (d) a timetable
  30. 30.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  31. 31.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  32. 32.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  33. 33.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  34. 34.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) degrees (b) litres (c) kilograms (d) points (pt)
  35. 35.🔤 Easy or hard to read: dark words, pale page? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  36. 36.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  37. 37.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) sans-serif fonts (b) emoji (c) pixels (d) serif fonts
  38. 38.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  39. 39.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “clean, modern look”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  40. 40.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =

Answer key

  1. hard to read
  2. True
  3. 15
  4. 30
  5. 72
  6. 1.75
  7. serif
  8. 21
  9. False
  10. easy to read
  11. 1
  12. 48
  13. True
  14. sans-serif
  15. serif
  16. 2
  17. True
  18. easy to read
  19. True
  20. harder to read
  21. True
  22. 28.5
  23. 16.5
  24. 22
  25. easy to read
  26. False
  27. 64
  28. False
  29. a short title
  30. serif
  31. 40
  32. 0.25
  33. 56
  34. points (pt)
  35. easy to read
  36. 32
  37. serif fonts
  38. 36
  39. sans-serif
  40. 1.5

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