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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

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

Answer key

  1. 28.5
  2. True
  3. False
  4. points (pt)
  5. serif
  6. True
  7. 2
  8. True
  9. 25.5
  10. 13.5
  11. True
  12. sans-serif
  13. sans-serif
  14. hard to read
  15. sans-serif
  16. sans-serif
  17. 34.5
  18. hard to read
  19. 56
  20. serif fonts
  21. hard to read
  22. False
  23. False
  24. serif
  25. 31.5
  26. False
  27. harder to read
  28. 1.5
  29. True
  30. 22
  31. False
  32. serif
  33. True
  34. 1
  35. 16.5
  36. False
  37. False
  38. 0.25
  39. 48
  40. easy to read

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