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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 375 · 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 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  2. 2.🔤 Easy or hard to read: short lines of text? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  3. 3.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  4. 4.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  5. 5.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  6. 6.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “plain letter ends”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  7. 7.True or false: space between lines is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  10. 10.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  11. 11.🔤 Text is set at 21 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  12. 12.🔤 Text is set at 20 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  13. 13.🔤 Text is set at 8 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  14. 14.🔤 Easy or hard to read: six fonts on one page? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  15. 15.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  16. 16.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  17. 17.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  18. 18.🔤 Easy or hard to read: dark words, pale page? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  19. 19.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  21. 21.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  22. 22.🔤 Text is set at 17 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  23. 23.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  24. 24.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  25. 25.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) emoji (b) pixels (c) serif fonts (d) sans-serif fonts
  26. 26.True or false: lines squashed together is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: space between lines is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: big enough letters is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔤 Text is set at 16 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  32. 32.True or false: all text in capitals is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “easy to read on screens”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  34. 34.🔤 Text is set at 22 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  35. 35.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  36. 36.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  38. 38.🔤 Easy or hard to read: fancy curly script? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  39. 39.True or false: dark words, pale page is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read

Answer key

  1. 36
  2. easy to read
  3. 2
  4. 1
  5. 22
  6. sans-serif
  7. False
  8. False
  9. 0.25
  10. serif
  11. 31.5
  12. 30
  13. 12
  14. hard to read
  15. 1.5
  16. serif
  17. 42
  18. easy to read
  19. False
  20. sans-serif
  21. 64
  22. 25.5
  23. serif
  24. serif
  25. serif fonts
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. False
  31. 24
  32. True
  33. sans-serif
  34. 33
  35. 1.25
  36. False
  37. 15
  38. hard to read
  39. False
  40. easy to read

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