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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 229 · 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.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  2. 2.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  3. 3.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) pixels (b) emoji (c) sans-serif fonts (d) serif fonts
  4. 4.🔤 Text is set at 8 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  5. 5.True or false: one or two fonts is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  7. 7.True or false: lines squashed together is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔤 Text is set at 21 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  9. 9.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  11. 11.True or false: big enough letters is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  13. 13.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  14. 14.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  15. 15.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) shorter (b) harder to read (c) quieter (d) easier to read
  16. 16.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) letters (b) size (c) serifs (small feet) (d) colour
  17. 17.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) small labels (b) a long story (c) a timetable (d) a short title
  18. 18.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔤 Text is set at 14 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  20. 20.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  21. 21.🔤 Text is set at 23 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  22. 22.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  23. 23.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  24. 24.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  26. 26.True or false: yellow words on white is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔤 How many different fonts should most posters use? (a) none at all (b) two or three at most (c) at least ten (d) a new one per word
  28. 28.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  29. 29.🔤 Text is set at 13 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  30. 30.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  31. 31.🔤 Text is set at 15 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  32. 32.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: all text in capitals is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  35. 35.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) points (pt) (b) litres (c) degrees (d) kilograms
  36. 36.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “easy to read on screens”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  37. 37.🔤 Text is set at 20 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  38. 38.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  39. 39.True or false: fancy curly script is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: dark words, pale page is hard to read. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. easy to read
  2. 2
  3. serif fonts
  4. 12
  5. True
  6. 1
  7. True
  8. 31.5
  9. False
  10. 0.25
  11. False
  12. 54
  13. 48
  14. 33
  15. harder to read
  16. serifs (small feet)
  17. a short title
  18. True
  19. 21
  20. 0.5
  21. 34.5
  22. serif
  23. sans-serif
  24. True
  25. serif
  26. True
  27. two or three at most
  28. 36
  29. 19.5
  30. easy to read
  31. 22.5
  32. False
  33. True
  34. 16.5
  35. points (pt)
  36. sans-serif
  37. 30
  38. 28
  39. False
  40. False

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