Practical Typography

Question 1

obscure [əbˈskjʊə]

Answer 1

zakryť, zastrieť

Question 2

misuse [ˌmɪsˈjuːs]

Answer 2

zneužiť

Question 3

depict [dɪˈpɪkt]

Answer 3

vyobraziť, znázorniť (Computer keyboards depict the available characters in almost the same way as manual typewriter.)

Question 4

beware [bɪˈweə]

Answer 4

dať si pozor (Beware. This chapter is more difficult than it might seem.)

Question 5

ingrained [ɪnˈgreɪnd]

Answer 5

hlboko zakorenený (habits are ingrained.)

Question 6

ambidextrous [ˌæmbɪˈdekstrəs]

Answer 6

obojručný, ambidexterný (používajúci obidve ruky rovnako dobre) (By replacing the curly opening and closing quotes with ambidextrous straight quotes, two slots became available for other characters.)

Question 7

grievous [ˈgriːvəs]

Answer 7

bolestný, tragický (That’s why straight quotes are most grievous and inept typographic errors.)

Question 8

inept [ɪnˈept]

Answer 8

nešikovný, neschopný That’s why straight quotes are most grievous and inept typographic errors.)

Question 9

underused [ˌʌndəˈjuːzd]

Answer 9

nedostatočne/málo využitý (The question mark is underused.)

Question 10

omit [əʊˈmɪt]

Answer 10

vynechať, vypustiť (Non­pro­fes­sional writ­ers of­ten omit these hy­phens).

Question 11

jaunty [ˈdʒɔːntɪ]

Answer 11

elegantný (The ampersand is one of the jauntiest characters).

Question 12

underscore [ˌʌndəˈskɔː]

Answer 12

podčiarknutie (Underscore characters don’t depend on formatting.)

Question 13

depart [dɪˈpɑːt]

Answer 13

opustiť (pravidlo) (You should depart from this rule only if the font you are using…)

Question 14

mutually exclusive

Answer 14

vzájomne sa vylučovať (Bold or italic, al­ways think of them as mu­tu­ally ex­clu­sive).

Question 15

substantive [ˈsʌbstəntɪv]

Answer 15

podstatný, dôležitý (Write substantive headings. Readers should be able to understand the framework of your argument just by reading headings.)

Question 16

disparate [ˈdɪspərɪt]

Answer 16

nesúrodý, odlišný ( To achieve a uni­form ap­pear­ance, a type de­signer has to har­mo­nize these dis­parate forms.)

Question 17

rudimentary [ˌruːdɪˈmentərɪ]

Answer 17

najzákladnejší, základný (Keep in mind that the jus­ti­fi­ca­tion en­gine of a word proces­sor or web browser is rudi­men­tary com­pared to that of a pro­fes­sional page-lay­out pro­gram.)

Question 18

clunky [ˈklʌŋkɪ]

Answer 18

konský, ozrutný ( I’ll al­ways left-align the text, be­cause jus­ti­fi­ca­tion can look clunky and coarse. )

Question 19

coarse [kɔːs]

Answer 19

hrubý, drsný ( I’ll al­ways left-align the text, be­cause jus­ti­fi­ca­tion can look clunky and coarse. )

Question 20

whereas [weərˈæz]

Answer 20

keďže, zatiaľ čo (Whereas if I’m us­ing a pro­fes­sional lay­out pro­gram, I might justify.)

Question 21

indent [ˈɪnˌdent]

Answer 21

odsadenie (v stĺpci)

Question 22

dangle [ˈdæŋgəl]

Answer 22

visieť, hojdať sa

Question 23

descend [dɪˈsend]

Answer 23

zliesť, zísť, klesnúť ( I sup­pose, an­other op­tion for the first para­graph—the first let­ter of the para­graph is en­larged so it de­scends three or four lines.)

Question 24

exert [ɪgˈzɜːt]

Answer 24

využiť, uplatniť (In pro page-layout, you can exert a lot of control over automatic hyphenation).

Question 25

asterisk [ˈæstərɪsk]

Answer 25

hviezdička

Question 26

cluttered [ˈklʌtəd]

Answer 26

zasvinený (Cell bor­ders can make the grid clut­tered and dif­fi­cult to read, es­pe­cially in ta­bles with many small cells.)

Question 27

dense [dens]

Answer 27

hustý (Increasing the cell margins is the best way to improve the legibility of a dense table. )

Question 28

counter-productive [ˌkaʊntəprəˈdʌktɪv]

Answer 28

kontraproduktívny

Question 29

wrinkle [ˈrɪŋkəl]

Answer 29

vráska (A small wrin­kle arises when you use page break be­fore with head­ings that have space above and be­low.)