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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 169 · 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.🔤 Text is set at 14 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  2. 2.🔤 Text is set at 22 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  3. 3.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) easier to read (b) quieter (c) shorter (d) harder to read
  4. 4.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  5. 5.True or false: dark words, pale page is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: dark words, pale page is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  10. 10.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  12. 12.True or false: short lines of text is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  14. 14.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  15. 15.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “clean, modern look”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  17. 17.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  18. 18.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  19. 19.True or false: yellow words on white is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔤 Text is set at 15 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  21. 21.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a long story (b) small labels (c) a timetable (d) a short title
  22. 22.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  23. 23.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: six fonts on one page is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: big enough letters is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “easy to read on screens”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  28. 28.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  29. 29.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) emoji (b) pixels (c) serif fonts (d) sans-serif fonts
  30. 30.True or false: big enough letters is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  32. 32.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  33. 33.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  34. 34.🔤 Text is set at 18 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  35. 35.🔤 Easy or hard to read: six fonts on one page? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  36. 36.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  37. 37.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “plain letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  38. 38.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) colour (b) letters (c) size (d) serifs (small feet)
  39. 39.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  40. 40.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?

Answer key

  1. 21
  2. 33
  3. harder to read
  4. easy to read
  5. True
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. 1.75
  10. True
  11. 24
  12. True
  13. 36
  14. 1
  15. True
  16. sans-serif
  17. 18
  18. 28
  19. True
  20. 22.5
  21. a short title
  22. 1.25
  23. True
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. sans-serif
  28. 40
  29. serif fonts
  30. True
  31. 16.5
  32. 1.5
  33. hard to read
  34. 27
  35. hard to read
  36. 0.25
  37. sans-serif
  38. serifs (small feet)
  39. 22
  40. 56

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