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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 78 · 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.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) harder to read (b) shorter (c) quieter (d) easier to read
  2. 2.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  3. 3.🔤 Easy or hard to read: a plain, clear font? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  4. 4.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  5. 5.🔤 Body text is 11 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  6. 6.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) emoji (b) serif fonts (c) sans-serif fonts (d) pixels
  8. 8.True or false: “tiny feet on letter ends” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  10. 10.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔤 Body text is 12 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  12. 12.True or false: tiny 6 pt letters is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: short lines of text is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: one or two fonts is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔤 Text is set at 18 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  16. 16.🔤 Easy or hard to read: yellow words on white? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  17. 17.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “clean, modern look”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  18. 18.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  19. 19.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 72 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  20. 20.🔤 How many different fonts should most posters use? (a) at least ten (b) a new one per word (c) none at all (d) two or three at most
  21. 21.True or false: “a classic, formal look” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  23. 23.🔤 Body text is 18 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  24. 24.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  25. 25.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “a classic, formal look”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  26. 26.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  27. 27.True or false: yellow words on white is easy to read. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  29. 29.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  30. 30.🔤 Text is set at 15 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  31. 31.🔤 Text is set at 24 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  32. 32.🔤 Text is set at 13 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  33. 33.True or false: “no little feet” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  35. 35.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  36. 36.🔤 Text is set at 9 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  37. 37.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  38. 38.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “tiny feet on letter ends”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  39. 39.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  40. 40.🔤 Easy or hard to read: six fonts on one page? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read

Answer key

  1. harder to read
  2. 72
  3. easy to read
  4. 36
  5. 22
  6. False
  7. serif fonts
  8. True
  9. 28
  10. False
  11. 48
  12. True
  13. False
  14. False
  15. 27
  16. hard to read
  17. sans-serif
  18. 30
  19. 1
  20. two or three at most
  21. True
  22. sans-serif
  23. 36
  24. 15
  25. serif
  26. 2
  27. False
  28. 1.25
  29. 0.25
  30. 22.5
  31. 36
  32. 19.5
  33. False
  34. 42
  35. 48
  36. 13.5
  37. easy to read
  38. serif
  39. 0.5
  40. hard to read

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