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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 5 · 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 11 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  2. 2.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  3. 3.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) pixels (b) serif fonts (c) emoji (d) sans-serif fonts
  4. 4.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  5. 5.🔤 Easy or hard to read: dark words, pale page? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  6. 6.🔤 Font size is measured in … (a) kilograms (b) points (pt) (c) litres (d) degrees
  7. 7.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  8. 8.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  10. 10.🔤 Easy or hard to read: lines squashed together? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  11. 11.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  13. 13.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  14. 14.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “easy to read on screens”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  15. 15.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  16. 16.True or false: big enough letters is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: six fonts on one page is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  20. 20.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  21. 21.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a sans-serif font. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔤 Text is set at 23 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  23. 23.🔤 Easy or hard to read: fancy curly script? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  24. 24.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  25. 25.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  26. 26.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔤 Easy or hard to read: space between lines? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  28. 28.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: “like an old newspaper” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: all text in capitals is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  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.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  33. 33.🔤 Easy or hard to read: tiny 6 pt letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  34. 34.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  35. 35.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 126 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  36. 36.True or false: space between lines is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  38. 38.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  39. 39.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔤 Text is set at 15 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =

Answer key

  1. 44
  2. 24
  3. serif fonts
  4. 0.5
  5. easy to read
  6. points (pt)
  7. 15
  8. False
  9. serif
  10. hard to read
  11. False
  12. easy to read
  13. 64
  14. sans-serif
  15. serif
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. 0.75
  20. serif
  21. True
  22. 34.5
  23. hard to read
  24. 2
  25. 40
  26. True
  27. easy to read
  28. False
  29. True
  30. True
  31. 18
  32. 42
  33. hard to read
  34. 72
  35. 1.75
  36. True
  37. 36
  38. easy to read
  39. True
  40. 22.5

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