Module 9-10 Flashcards
a simple and flexible format of presenting information or conveying ideas whether hand- written, printed or displayed on-screen. (Source: MIL TG by CHED)
Text
any “human-readable sequence of characters’’ that can form intelligible words. (Rouse, 2015)
Text
CITED BY?
any “human-readable sequence of characters’’ that can form intelligible words.
Rouse, 2015
Text is very powerful as well in?
disseminating information providing direction
giving suggestions.
is the most common medium where information is presented.
Text
It is also used to communicate a concept or an idea.
Text
TRUE OR FALSE
Text is available in different sources whether it is formal (news articles, published books, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, research works, etc.) or informal (blogs, personal e-mails, SMS or text messages, online messengers, social media platforms, etc).
True
based materials are created and distributed by established institutions (such as publishing companies, news agencies, etc.) and go through a rigorous process of editing or evaluation and are usually governed by censorship of the state.
Formal Text
based materials, on the other hand, come from personal opinions or views on different issues, processes, etc.
Informal Text
Types of Text
Plaintext/Unformatted text
Formatted Text
Hypertext
fixed sized characters having essentially the same type of appearance.
Plaintext/Unformatted text
An example of plain text or
unformatted text is the text
used by the ?
programmers
appearance can be changed using font parameters (bold, underline, italic, font size, font color, etc.)
Formatted Text
serve to link different electronic documents and enable users to jump from one to other in a nonlinear way.
Hypertext
An example of _______ is the one that we are doing in any word document files wherein we change the fonts, font sizes and colors.
formatted text
is the word or the text that has been anchored with a reference that takes one to an additional source of information instantly by just clicking on it.
Hypertext
is also called as font, front style or type.
Typeface
It refers to the digital format representation or style of a document.
Typeface
is usually comprised of alphabets, numbers, punctuation marks, symbols and other special characters.
A typeface
_____ and _____ are interrelated terms and powerful tools cross linking websites on the net.
Hypertext and hyperlinks
____ is the URL to which this hypertext takes one to.
Hyperlink
Type of typefaces
Serif
Sans Serif
Slab Serif
Script
Decorative
connotes formality and readability in large amount of texts. This font is usually used for the body text of books, newspapers, magazines and research publication. Also, fonts give a classic or elegant look when used for title or heading.
Serif
brings a clean or minimalist look to the text. This font is used for clear and direct meaning of text such as road signage, building directory or nutrition facts in food packages.
Sans Serif
Fonts give a modern look and is used primarily in webpage design.
Sans Serif
carries a solid or heavy look to text. This font can be used for large advertising sign on billboards.
Slab Serif
draws much attention to itself because of its brush-like strokes. This must be used sparingly and not to be used in large body text. This font is usually used in wedding invitation cards or other formal events.
Script
caters to a wide variety of emotions such as celebration, fear, horror, etc. or themes such as cowboys, circus, holidays, summer, kiddie, etc.
Decorative
TRUE OR FALSE
Design is not about the pictures that are placed together and arranged in a way that you want it to be. It can be made more attractive and pleasing to the eye by choosing the combination of each element.
True
Design principles and elements
Emphasis
Appropriateness
Proximity
Alignment
Organization
Repetition
Contrast
refers to the importance or value given to a part of the text- based content.
Emphasis
refers to how fitting or suitable the text is used for a specific audience, purpose or event.
Appropriateness
refers to how near or how far are the text elements from each other.
Proximity
refers to how the text is positioned in the page. This can be left, right, center or justified.
Alignment
refers to a conscious effort to organize the different text elements in a page.
______ 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.
Organization
concerns consistency of elements and the unity of the entire design. _____ encourages the use of repeating some typefaces within the page.
Repetition
creates visual interest to text elements. _____ is achieved when two elements are different from each other.
Contrast
Unformatted text document by an editor as notepad on Windows platform.
TXT (text)
A native format for storing documents created by MS Word package.
DOC (document)
Contain a rich set of formatting capabilities.
DOC (document)
Cross platform document exchange; default format for Mac OS X’s default editor Text Edit.
RTF (Rich Text Format)
Developed by Adobe systems for cross platform exchange of documents, supports image and graphics.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
