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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 275 · 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.True or false: short lines of text is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  3. 3.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  4. 4.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  5. 5.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  6. 6.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  7. 7.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  9. 9.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  10. 10.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  11. 11.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  12. 12.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  13. 13.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  14. 14.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  15. 15.True or false: “plain letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: yellow words on white is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: big enough letters is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) litres (b) kilograms (c) points (pt) (d) degrees
  19. 19.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “clean, modern look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  20. 20.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  21. 21.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  22. 22.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  23. 23.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  24. 24.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) colour (b) letters (c) size (d) serifs (small feet)
  26. 26.True or false: space between lines is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  29. 29.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔤 Text is set at 8 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  31. 31.🔤 Easy or hard to read: short lines of text? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  32. 32.True or false: yellow words on white is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: fancy curly script is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔤 Text is set at 23 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  35. 35.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔤 Text is set at 13 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  37. 37.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: lines squashed together is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) quieter (b) easier to read (c) harder to read (d) shorter
  40. 40.🔤 Text is set at 14 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 48
  3. easy to read
  4. 44
  5. 18
  6. 36
  7. True
  8. 56
  9. 0.25
  10. hard to read
  11. 16.5
  12. serif
  13. 1.5
  14. 32
  15. False
  16. False
  17. True
  18. points (pt)
  19. sans-serif
  20. 0.5
  21. 0.75
  22. sans-serif
  23. hard to read
  24. False
  25. serifs (small feet)
  26. False
  27. False
  28. 20
  29. False
  30. 12
  31. easy to read
  32. True
  33. False
  34. 34.5
  35. False
  36. 19.5
  37. True
  38. True
  39. harder to read
  40. 21

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