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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 219 · 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 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  2. 2.True or false: short lines of text is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  5. 5.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  6. 6.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) colour (b) serifs (small feet) (c) letters (d) size
  8. 8.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  9. 9.True or false: all text in capitals is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔤 Easy or hard to read: yellow words on white? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  11. 11.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  12. 12.🔤 Easy or hard to read: all text in capitals? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  13. 13.🔤 Text is set at 9 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  14. 14.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  15. 15.True or false: fancy curly script is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔤 Text is set at 21 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  17. 17.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  18. 18.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  22. 22.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  23. 23.True or false: “plain letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  25. 25.🔤 Easy or hard to read: space between lines? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  26. 26.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  27. 27.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  28. 28.True or false: yellow words on white is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  30. 30.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  31. 31.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  32. 32.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “clean, modern look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  33. 33.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  34. 34.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  35. 35.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  36. 36.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  37. 37.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) pixels (b) emoji (c) sans-serif fonts (d) serif fonts
  39. 39.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) quieter (b) shorter (c) harder to read (d) easier to read

Answer key

  1. 1.75
  2. True
  3. False
  4. 22
  5. 16.5
  6. False
  7. serifs (small feet)
  8. 24
  9. True
  10. hard to read
  11. 30
  12. hard to read
  13. 13.5
  14. sans-serif
  15. False
  16. 31.5
  17. serif
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. serif
  22. 18
  23. False
  24. hard to read
  25. easy to read
  26. 33
  27. hard to read
  28. False
  29. 1.25
  30. 44
  31. 32
  32. sans-serif
  33. 15
  34. sans-serif
  35. 0.25
  36. 1.5
  37. False
  38. serif fonts
  39. True
  40. harder to read

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