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Quiz 1 Flashcards

1
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What is the x- height?

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2
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Ascender vs descender

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3
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What is BRL?

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Balance inside the lines not for body text, good for captions heading and sub headings

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4
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What is balancing ragged lines?

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5
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What is a widow, rub it and orphan?

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Widow is the last line of a paragraph broken away onto next colum

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What is the default letting 10 point type?

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7
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What is the rule of thumb?

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Text dominated layouts require simpler grids, as more illustrations are added, the grid may become more complex

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What is a bounding box?

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9
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What is the difference between Sans serif and Serif?

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10
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What is the difference between kerning and tracking?

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T means letters are moved closer together or farther apart
K means certain letters are moved closer together

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11
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Every single letter form is built into how many units?

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1,000

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12
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The main part of the letter form is called the?

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Stem

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13
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What is a em dash?

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14
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What is a en dash?

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15
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What is a folio?

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The number and name at the bottom of the page

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16
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What does it mean if your text is highlighted in pink?

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It means you are missing fonts

17
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What is the default kerning?

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18
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What is the fundamental relative unit?

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Em

19
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Horizontal spacing of type is based in?

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Em’s

20
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It is standard to specify indents in ___ ___________

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Em space’s

21
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T or F: always indent headings and subheadings?

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FALSE

22
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What is a good starting point for em’s?

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1.5-2 em’s

23
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EN dash vs EM dash

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  • en: half of an em dash, used for duration (time)
  • em: a big space or pause in thought
24
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Point size of type is defined as the height of a ___________ _____

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bounding box

25
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How to balance ragged lines?

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Go to “index and spacing” of para style

26
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How to fix orphans, widows, runts

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Use tracking, tightening the paragraph

27
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What us a jump line?

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A line telling the reader what page this story continues on

28
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Standfirst

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2-4 lines, opening paragraphs of an article that give the reader an idea of what the rest of the reading will be about

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