MIL: Text Information and Media Part 2

Question 1

A simple and presentable format of presenting information or conveying ideas whether hand-written, printed or displayed on-screen

Answer 1

text

Question 2

Any “human -readable sequence of characters” that can form Intelligible words (Rouse, 2015)

Answer 2

text

Question 3

Types of Text

Answer 3

Hypertext
Plain Text / Unformatted Text
Formatted Text

Question 4

Serve to link different electronic documents and enable users to jump from one to other in s non-linear way

Answer 4

Hypertext

Question 5

Fixed size characters having essentially the same type of appearance

Answer 5

Plain Text / Unformatted Text

Question 6

Appearance can be changed using font parameters (bold, underline, italic, font size, font color, etc.)

Answer 6

Formatted Text

Question 7

http://www.youtube.com is an example of a _______

Answer 7

hyperlink

Question 8

Usually comprised with alphabets, numbers, punctuation marks, symbols and other special characters

Answer 8

Typeface

Question 9

Refers to the representation or style of a text in the digital format

Answer 9

Typeface

Question 10

Typeface is also called as _____

Answer 10

font, font type, or type

Question 11

Types of Typeface.
* Connotes formality and readability in large amount of texts
* Usually used for the body text of books, newspapers, magazines and research publication
* Gives a classic or elegant look when used for title or heading

Answer 11

Serif

Question 12

Types of Typeface. EX: Times New Roman, Garamond, Baskerville

Answer 12

Serif

Question 13

Types of Typeface. brings a clean or minimalist look to the text; give a classic or elegant look when used for title or heading.

Answer 13

Sans Serif

Question 14

Types of Typeface. E.g. Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, Calibri

Answer 14

Sans Serif

Question 15

Types of Typeface. carries a solid or heavy look to text. This font can be used for large advertising sign on billboards.

Answer 15

Slab Serif

Question 16

Types of Typeface. E.g. Rockwell, Playbill, Copperplate Gothic Bold

Answer 16

Slab Serif

Question 17

draws much attention to itself because of its brush-like strokes. This
font is usually used in wedding invitation cards or other formal events.

E.g. Edwardian, Vladimir, Kunstler

Answer 17

Script

Question 18

caters to a wide variety of emotions (such as
celebration, fear, horror, etc.) or themes (such as
cowboys, circus, holidays, summer, kiddie, etc.)

E.g. Chiller, Jokerman, Curlz MT

Answer 18

Decorative

Question 19

Common file formats

Answer 19

Text
Document
Rich Text Format
Portable Document Format
PostScript

Question 20

Unformatted text document by an editor as notepad on Windows platform

Answer 20

TXT or text

Question 21

a page description language used mainly for desktop publishing

Answer 21

PS or PostScript

Question 22

developed by Adobe systems for cross platform exchange of documents, supports image and graphics

Answer 22

PDF or Portable Document Format

Question 23

Cross platform document exchange; default format for Mac OS X’s default
editor TextEdit

Answer 23

RTF or Rich Text Format

Question 24

a native format for storing documents created by MS Word package;
contain a rich set of formatting capabilities

Answer 24

DOC or document

Question 25

Design principles and elements

Answer 25

PROXIMITY
APPROPRIATENESS
REPETITION
EMPHASIS
CONTRAST
ORGANIZATION
ALIGNMENT
(PARECOA)

Question 26

refers to the importance or value given to a part of the text-based content.

Answer 26

EMPHASIS

Question 27

refers to how fitting or suitable the text is used for a specific audience, purpose or event

Answer 27

APPROPRIATENESS

Question 28

refers to how near or how far are the text elements
from each other.

Answer 28

PROXIMITY

Question 29

refers to how the text is positioned in the page.

Answer 29

ALIGNMENT

Question 30

refers to a conscious effort to organize the different text elements in a page. Organization ensures that while some text elements are separated from each other (based on the principle of proximity), they are still somehow connected with the rest of the elements in the page.

Answer 30

ORGANIZATION

Question 31

concerns consistency of elements and the unity of the entire design.

Answer 31

REPETITION

Question 32

creates visual interest to text elements; Contrast is achieved when two elements are different from each other.

Answer 32

CONTRAST