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Graphic Design Worksheet: Fonts and Text

Animation and design lesson 12: Fonts and readable text · Set 80 · 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 12 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  2. 2.🔤 Body text is 10 pt. The heading should be 4 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  3. 3.True or false: lines squashed together is easy to read. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔤 Text is set at 9 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  5. 5.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 18 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  6. 6.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “no little feet”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  7. 7.🔤 Text is set at 11 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  8. 8.🔤 Easy or hard to read: one or two fonts? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  9. 9.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 54 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  10. 10.🔤 “Sans” means “without”. A sans-serif font has no … (a) serifs (small feet) (b) letters (c) colour (d) size
  11. 11.🔤 Body text is 16 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  12. 12.True or false: yellow words on white is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: “common in printed books” describes a sans-serif font. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔤 Text is set at 14 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  15. 15.🔤 Writing a whole paragraph in CAPITALS makes it … (a) shorter (b) easier to read (c) harder to read (d) quieter
  16. 16.True or false: “common on road signs” describes a serif font. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common in printed books”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  18. 18.🔤 A fancy handwriting-style font works best for … (a) a timetable (b) a short title (c) a long story (d) small labels
  19. 19.🔤 Text is set at 10 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  20. 20.🔤 Easy or hard to read: big enough letters? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  21. 21.🔤 Easy or hard to read: short lines of text? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  22. 22.🔤 Text is set at 13 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  23. 23.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 90 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  24. 24.🔤 Easy or hard to read: space between lines? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  25. 25.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 144 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  26. 26.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “easy to read on screens”? (a) serif (b) sans-serif
  27. 27.🔤 Easy or hard to read: six fonts on one page? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  28. 28.🔤 72 points (pt) make 1 inch. A poster title is 36 pt tall. How many inches is that? =
  29. 29.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “clean, modern look”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  30. 30.🔤 Text is set at 19 pt. Comfortable line spacing is about 1.5 × the font size. What is that line spacing (in pt)? =
  31. 31.True or false: “easy to read on screens” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔤 Easy or hard to read: yellow words on white? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  33. 33.True or false: lines squashed together is hard to read. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: short lines of text is hard to read. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: “no little feet” describes a serif font. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔤 Fonts with small feet (strokes) on the letter ends are … (a) pixels (b) serif fonts (c) emoji (d) sans-serif fonts
  37. 37.🔤 Serif or sans-serif: “common on road signs”? (a) sans-serif (b) serif
  38. 38.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 3 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  39. 39.🔤 Body text is 14 pt. The heading should be 2 times as big. What size is the heading (in pt)?
  40. 40.True or false: short lines of text is easy to read. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 24
  2. 40
  3. False
  4. 13.5
  5. 0.25
  6. sans-serif
  7. 16.5
  8. easy to read
  9. 0.75
  10. serifs (small feet)
  11. 32
  12. True
  13. False
  14. 21
  15. harder to read
  16. False
  17. serif
  18. a short title
  19. 15
  20. easy to read
  21. easy to read
  22. 19.5
  23. 1.25
  24. easy to read
  25. 2
  26. sans-serif
  27. hard to read
  28. 0.5
  29. sans-serif
  30. 28.5
  31. False
  32. hard to read
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. serif fonts
  37. sans-serif
  38. 42
  39. 28
  40. True

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