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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 200 · 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 15 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  2. 2.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  3. 3.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  4. 4.🔤 Text is set at 24 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  5. 5.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  7. 7.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  9. 9.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  10. 10.True or false: short lines of text is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 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.🔤 Text is set at 23 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  14. 14.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  15. 15.True or false: lines squashed together is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔤 Text is set at 13 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  17. 17.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  19. 19.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  20. 20.🔤 Easy or hard to read: short lines of text? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  21. 21.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  22. 22.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  23. 23.True or false: one or two fonts is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  25. 25.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  28. 28.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) size (b) serifs (small feet) (c) colour (d) letters
  30. 30.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “easy to read on screens”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  31. 31.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  32. 32.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔤 Text is set at 21 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  34. 34.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  35. 35.🔤 Text is set at 9 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  36. 36.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  38. 38.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  39. 39.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  40. 40.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 22.5
  2. 15
  3. 72
  4. 36
  5. True
  6. serif
  7. False
  8. 18
  9. sans-serif
  10. False
  11. 1.25
  12. 48
  13. 34.5
  14. 20
  15. True
  16. 19.5
  17. False
  18. 24
  19. 1.5
  20. easy to read
  21. 64
  22. 0.25
  23. True
  24. hard to read
  25. False
  26. True
  27. 1.75
  28. False
  29. serifs (small feet)
  30. sans-serif
  31. easy to read
  32. False
  33. 31.5
  34. hard to read
  35. 13.5
  36. False
  37. 16.5
  38. 33
  39. serif
  40. True

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