Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text
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.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
- 2.🔤 Text is set at 21 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
- 3.True or false: short lines of text is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
- 5.🔤 Easy or hard to read: a plain, clear font? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 6.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
- 7.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
- 8.True or false: “plain letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔤 Easy or hard to read: space between lines? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 10.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
- 12.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
- 13.True or false: six fonts on one page is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) shorter (b) harder to read (c) quieter (d) easier to read
- 15.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
- 16.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
- 17.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
- 18.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
- 20.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) emoji (b) sans-serif fonts (c) pixels (d) serif fonts
- 21.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a timetable (b) a short title (c) a long story (d) small labels
- 22.True or false: a plain, clear font is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
- 23.True or false: space between lines is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔤 Text is set at 24 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
- 28.True or false: dark words, pale page is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
- 30.True or false: “no little feet” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
- 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.🔤 Easy or hard to read: yellow words on white? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
- 33.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
- 34.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
- 35.🔤 Text is set at 14 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
- 36.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “clean, modern look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
- 38.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
- 39.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
- 40.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
Answer key
- serif
- 31.5
- False
- 15
- easy to read
- 1.25
- 1.5
- False
- easy to read
- True
- easy to read
- 16.5
- True
- harder to read
- 18
- 0.5
- 0.75
- True
- 54
- serif fonts
- a short title
- False
- False
- True
- False
- False
- 36
- True
- True
- False
- 22.5
- hard to read
- serif
- 36
- 21
- True
- sans-serif
- 56
- sans-serif
- easy to read
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