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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 227 · 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.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) quieter (b) easier to read (c) shorter (d) harder to read
  2. 2.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  3. 3.🔤 Easy or hard to read: six fonts on one page? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  4. 4.🔤 Text is set at 9 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.🔤 Easy or hard to read: fancy curly script? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  7. 7.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  8. 8.True or false: yellow words on white is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: all text in capitals is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  11. 11.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) colour (b) letters (c) serifs (small feet) (d) size
  13. 13.🔤 Easy or hard to read: all text in capitals? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  14. 14.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  15. 15.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  16. 16.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  17. 17.🔤 Easy or hard to read: yellow words on white? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  18. 18.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: lines squashed together is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  21. 21.True or false: short lines of text is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “plain letter ends”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  23. 23.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  24. 24.True or false: space between lines is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  26. 26.🔤 Text is set at 17 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  27. 27.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  28. 28.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  29. 29.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  31. 31.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  32. 32.True or false: short lines of text is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  34. 34.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: fancy curly script is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔤 Text is set at 21 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  38. 38.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  39. 39.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =

Answer key

  1. harder to read
  2. 44
  3. hard to read
  4. 13.5
  5. True
  6. hard to read
  7. 40
  8. True
  9. True
  10. hard to read
  11. True
  12. serifs (small feet)
  13. hard to read
  14. sans-serif
  15. 1.5
  16. 0.75
  17. hard to read
  18. True
  19. False
  20. sans-serif
  21. True
  22. sans-serif
  23. 18
  24. True
  25. 16.5
  26. 25.5
  27. 36
  28. 1
  29. False
  30. 1.25
  31. 36
  32. False
  33. 33
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. 31.5
  38. serif
  39. True
  40. 0.5

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