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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 216 · 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.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  2. 2.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  3. 3.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  4. 4.True or false: fancy curly script is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “plain letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  6. 6.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  7. 7.🔤 Easy or hard to read: short lines of text? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  8. 8.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  9. 9.🔤 Easy or hard to read: six fonts on one page? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  10. 10.🔤 Text is set at 24 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  11. 11.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) harder to read (b) shorter (c) easier to read (d) quieter
  13. 13.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  14. 14.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  15. 15.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  16. 16.🔤 Text is set at 8 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  17. 17.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  18. 18.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  19. 19.🔤 Text is set at 22 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  20. 20.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  21. 21.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  22. 22.True or false: one or two fonts is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  24. 24.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔤 Easy or hard to read: space between lines? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  27. 27.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  28. 28.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  29. 29.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  30. 30.🔤 Text is set at 17 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  31. 31.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  32. 32.🔤 Easy or hard to read: dark words, pale page? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  33. 33.True or false: “plain letter ends” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) emoji (b) serif fonts (c) sans-serif fonts (d) pixels
  35. 35.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: dark words, pale page is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: space between lines is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?

Answer key

  1. 0.75
  2. 40
  3. 1.75
  4. True
  5. sans-serif
  6. 0.25
  7. easy to read
  8. hard to read
  9. hard to read
  10. 36
  11. False
  12. harder to read
  13. easy to read
  14. serif
  15. sans-serif
  16. 12
  17. serif
  18. 1.25
  19. 33
  20. 22
  21. easy to read
  22. True
  23. 0.5
  24. True
  25. False
  26. easy to read
  27. 44
  28. 42
  29. 30
  30. 25.5
  31. serif
  32. easy to read
  33. True
  34. serif fonts
  35. False
  36. True
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. 24

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