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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 387 · 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 16 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  2. 2.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔤 Text is set at 15 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  4. 4.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: “clean, modern look” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: yellow words on white is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  8. 8.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “like an old newspaper”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  9. 9.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a long story (b) a short title (c) a timetable (d) small labels
  10. 10.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  11. 11.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  12. 12.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  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.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  15. 15.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  16. 16.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  17. 17.🔤 Text is set at 17 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  18. 18.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) pixels (b) emoji (c) serif fonts (d) sans-serif fonts
  19. 19.True or false: big enough letters is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  21. 21.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) points (pt) (b) litres (c) degrees (d) kilograms
  22. 22.🔤 How many different fonts should most posters use? (a) a new one per word (b) none at all (c) at least ten (d) two or three at most
  23. 23.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  24. 24.True or false: lines squashed together is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  26. 26.🔤 Easy or hard to read: short lines of text? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  27. 27.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  28. 28.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  29. 29.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  30. 30.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔤 Text is set at 18 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  32. 32.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) quieter (b) easier to read (c) harder to read (d) shorter
  33. 33.🔤 Easy or hard to read: yellow words on white? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  34. 34.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  35. 35.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 108 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  36. 36.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  37. 37.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  39. 39.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  40. 40.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?

Answer key

  1. 64
  2. False
  3. 22.5
  4. True
  5. False
  6. False
  7. 1.25
  8. serif
  9. a short title
  10. sans-serif
  11. sans-serif
  12. easy to read
  13. 12
  14. 48
  15. 0.5
  16. 16.5
  17. 25.5
  18. serif fonts
  19. True
  20. 32
  21. points (pt)
  22. two or three at most
  23. 48
  24. False
  25. 0.25
  26. easy to read
  27. 1
  28. hard to read
  29. easy to read
  30. True
  31. 27
  32. harder to read
  33. hard to read
  34. 20
  35. 1.5
  36. 30
  37. True
  38. 40
  39. 15
  40. 56

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