Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 2 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
2. 2.🔤 Text is set at 9 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
3. 3.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a short title (b) a long story (c) small labels (d) a timetable
4. 4.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
5. 5.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) shorter (b) easier to read (c) harder to read (d) quieter
6. 6.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
7. 7.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: yellow words on white is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) litres (b) kilograms (c) degrees (d) points (pt)
10. 10.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
11. 11.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
12. 12.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
13. 13.🔤 Easy or hard to read: short lines of text? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
14. 14.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
15. 15.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
16. 16.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) emoji (b) serif fonts (c) pixels (d) sans-serif fonts
17. 17.🔤 Easy or hard to read: yellow words on white? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
18. 18.🔤 Text is set at 22 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
19. 19.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
21. 21.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
23. 23.True or false: all text in capitals is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
25. 25.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
27. 27.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔤 Easy or hard to read: six fonts on one page? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
29. 29.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
30. 30.True or false: a plain, clear font is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔤 How many different fonts should most posters use? (a) at least ten (b) two or three at most (c) none at all (d) a new one per word
32. 32.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
33. 33.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
35. 35.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) size (b) serifs (small feet) (c) letters (d) colour
36. 36.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
37. 37.True or false: space between lines is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
39. 39.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
40. 40.🔤 Text is set at 17 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =

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