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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 15 · 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: fancy curly script is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  3. 3.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  4. 4.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  5. 5.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) easier to read (b) shorter (c) quieter (d) harder to read
  6. 6.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  7. 7.True or false: yellow words on white is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a timetable (b) a short title (c) small labels (d) a long story
  9. 9.🔤 Easy or hard to read: short lines of text? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  10. 10.🔤 Text is set at 9 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  11. 11.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  12. 12.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  13. 13.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  15. 15.True or false: all text in capitals is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: big enough letters is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  18. 18.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “plain letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  19. 19.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  20. 20.True or false: lines squashed together is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  22. 22.True or false: lines squashed together is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  24. 24.🔤 Text is set at 24 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  25. 25.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  26. 26.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  27. 27.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  28. 28.🔤 Text is set at 15 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  29. 29.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  30. 30.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) pixels (b) sans-serif fonts (c) emoji (d) serif fonts
  31. 31.🔤 Easy or hard to read: yellow words on white? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  32. 32.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  33. 33.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  34. 34.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  35. 35.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) colour (b) letters (c) size (d) serifs (small feet)
  36. 36.True or false: six fonts on one page is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  38. 38.🔤 Text is set at 23 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  39. 39.🔤 Easy or hard to read: fancy curly script? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  40. 40.🔤 Easy or hard to read: a plain, clear font? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read

Answer key

  1. True
  2. 44
  3. 30
  4. 2
  5. harder to read
  6. sans-serif
  7. True
  8. a short title
  9. easy to read
  10. 13.5
  11. 40
  12. serif
  13. True
  14. 1.75
  15. False
  16. False
  17. hard to read
  18. sans-serif
  19. easy to read
  20. False
  21. 1.5
  22. True
  23. 18
  24. 36
  25. 28
  26. 15
  27. 32
  28. 22.5
  29. 36
  30. serif fonts
  31. hard to read
  32. 1.25
  33. 0.75
  34. 16.5
  35. serifs (small feet)
  36. True
  37. serif
  38. 34.5
  39. hard to read
  40. easy to read

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