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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 28 · 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.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  2. 2.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  3. 3.🔤 Text is set at 22 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  4. 4.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  5. 5.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  6. 6.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) points (pt) (b) litres (c) kilograms (d) degrees
  8. 8.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  10. 10.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “plain letter ends”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  11. 11.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  12. 12.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  13. 13.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  14. 14.True or false: fancy curly script is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a timetable (b) small labels (c) a short title (d) a long story
  16. 16.🔤 Text is set at 17 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  17. 17.True or false: lines squashed together is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔤 Easy or hard to read: all text in capitals? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  19. 19.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  21. 21.True or false: six fonts on one page is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  23. 23.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “clean, modern look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  24. 24.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  25. 25.🔤 Easy or hard to read: dark words, pale page? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  26. 26.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔤 Text is set at 18 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  28. 28.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  29. 29.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  30. 30.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔤 Text is set at 12 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  32. 32.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  33. 33.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) colour (b) size (c) letters (d) serifs (small feet)
  34. 34.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) pixels (b) emoji (c) sans-serif fonts (d) serif fonts
  35. 35.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  36. 36.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  37. 37.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  38. 38.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  39. 39.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  40. 40.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =

Answer key

  1. 48
  2. 0.5
  3. 33
  4. hard to read
  5. 15
  6. True
  7. points (pt)
  8. True
  9. 36
  10. sans-serif
  11. 56
  12. serif
  13. easy to read
  14. True
  15. a short title
  16. 25.5
  17. True
  18. hard to read
  19. False
  20. hard to read
  21. False
  22. 1.5
  23. sans-serif
  24. sans-serif
  25. easy to read
  26. False
  27. 27
  28. 1.25
  29. serif
  30. False
  31. 18
  32. 2
  33. serifs (small feet)
  34. serif fonts
  35. 0.25
  36. serif
  37. 33
  38. 44
  39. 30
  40. 16.5

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