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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 381 · 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.🔤 Text is set at 17 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  2. 2.🔤 Text is set at 23 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  3. 3.True or false: short lines of text is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) size (b) colour (c) letters (d) serifs (small feet)
  5. 5.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) harder to read (b) easier to read (c) shorter (d) quieter
  6. 6.True or false: a plain, clear font is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: big enough letters is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔤 Easy or hard to read: space between lines? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  10. 10.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  11. 11.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  13. 13.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) emoji (b) pixels (c) serif fonts (d) sans-serif fonts
  14. 14.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  15. 15.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  16. 16.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  17. 17.True or false: lines squashed together is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: big enough letters is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: one or two fonts is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  22. 22.True or false: space between lines is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔤 Text is set at 21 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  25. 25.🔤 Easy or hard to read: fancy curly script? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  26. 26.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a plain, clear font is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  29. 29.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  30. 30.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  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.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  33. 33.True or false: fancy curly script is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  35. 35.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  36. 36.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) degrees (b) kilograms (c) points (pt) (d) litres
  37. 37.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  38. 38.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  39. 39.🔤 Text is set at 9 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  40. 40.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?

Answer key

  1. 25.5
  2. 34.5
  3. True
  4. serifs (small feet)
  5. harder to read
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. easy to read
  10. easy to read
  11. False
  12. 28
  13. serif fonts
  14. 44
  15. 0.75
  16. hard to read
  17. False
  18. True
  19. True
  20. True
  21. 22
  22. False
  23. True
  24. 31.5
  25. hard to read
  26. False
  27. True
  28. 1
  29. hard to read
  30. 16.5
  31. 22.5
  32. 20
  33. True
  34. serif
  35. 0.25
  36. points (pt)
  37. 1.25
  38. 0.5
  39. 13.5
  40. 72

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