Text Flashcards
List 3 file formats used for text files.
DOC / DOCX - (Word Document)
PDF - (Portable Document File)
RTF (Rich Text Format)
TXT - (Text File)
HTML - (Hyper-Text Markup Language)
WPD - (Word Perfect) PUB - (Microsoft Publisher)
Define Anti-Aliasing.
Anti-Aliasing is the smoothing of jagged edges of drawn graphics and text to improve their appearance or readability.
Describe Open Type Fonts.
Open Type Fonts can contain both the data for fonts to appear on-screen and how they appear after being printed. They also support storage for 65,000 characters. This allows type designers the ability to utilise a large amount of storage for additional characters that would have to be distributed separately if saved in a True Type Font
Describe True Type Fonts.
True Type Fonts were the first to include the data for both how the fonts appear on-screen and how they appear when printed on paper. Increasing resolutions and new approaches to screen rendering have reduced the requirements of True Type Fonts.
Describe a Decorative Font.
Decorative fonts are the fonts that don’t fit into the Serif or Sans Serif area. Fonts like brushes, handwriting, chalkboard or fancy looking fonts. These are the unusual styles of fonts that are mostly used only for decorative purposes.
Describe a Sans Serif Font.
Sans Serif is the Latin word for without feet. Therefore, Sans Serif fonts are the ones that don’t have the little feet on them. They are mostly used for headings and on computer screens.
List 5 ways in which a Font can be formatted.
Different Font SIze Bold Italics Underllne, Indent/Outdent Bullet Point / Numbering Alignment Left/Center/Right Stroke & Fill Pagination Headings Styles Colour
Describe a Serif Font.
Serif is the Latin word for feet. Therefore, Serif fonts are the ones that have little feet on them. They have little leading bits around the letters so that your eyes can read the letters more easily. Serif fonts are widely used for body text because they are considered easier to read than sans-serif fonts in print. They are the preferred typeface for text printed in books, newspapers and magazines.
Which keyboard key can be pressed to create an indent in a body of text?
A. - Esc
B. - Tab
C. - Alt
D. - Enter/Return
B - Tab Key
Which of the following only includes types of text files?
A. - doc, pdf, txt
B. - doc, jpg, ocr
C. - html, avi, css
D. - html, rtf. wav
A - doc, pdf, txt
Describe factors that can affect the legibility of text in an electronic presentation.
Factors that may affect the legibility of text include the use of an appropriate font style and size to ensure that the text may be easily read. If the text is too small it could be difficult to read. Also, sans serif fonts in text may be more easily read as the small decorative appendages on serif fonts make them more difficult to read in electronic documents.
Other answers could possibly include:
- Use of sans serif fonts rather than serif fonts
- Use of appropriate coloured text to contrast with background
- Consistency of text style
- Appropriate font size
Alignment, italics, bullets & numbers are examples of which of the following?
A. - Pagination
B. - Formatting
C. - Documents
D. - Heading Styles
B. - Formatting
Which of the following best describes sans-serif fonts?
A. - Font types formatted for use on the web
B. - Font types that are common across all platforms
C. - Font types that have decorative details at the ends of the letter strokes
D. - Font types that do not have decorative details at the ends of the letter strokes
D - Font types that do not have decorative details at the ends of the letter strokes
Sequential numbering of pages, in the footer of a document, is known as which of the following?
A. - Page Sizing
B. - Page Layout
C. - Pagination
D. - Template Styling
C - Pagination
In typography, a typeface without extending features or style, is known as?
A. - Impact
B. - Sans-Serif
C. - Serif
D. - Capital Letters
B - Sans-Serif
The process of using one font to replace another on a website when the existing font is not available on the receiving machine is called:
A. - Font Setting
B. - Font as a Graphic
C. - Font Compatibility
D. - Font Substitution
D - Font Substitution
Changing the appearance of a document is known as which of the following?
A. - Paragraphing
B. - Editing
C. - Formatting
D. - Hyperlinking
C - Formatting
What is the importance of pagination in a multimedia product?
Pagination is the process of dividing a document into discrete pages, either electronic or printed (e.g. - a sequence of pages). This affects the design and navigation of a multimedia product.
In a printed publication, what formatting properties are margins and gutters applied to?
A. - Font
B. - Page
C. - Graphic
D. - Paragraph
B - Page
Describe how a web designer can ensure that decorative fonts used for headings will appear on the end user’s web page.
The designer may embed the font into the website by uploading to a server in order for it to appear properly
Alternatively, the designer may typically convert the heading into an image. If the image is transparent (a clear background), it more than likely will be saved as a PNG file format which allows for transparency around the image and seamless blending with the website background.
Describe how a Multimedia student can best vary their use of formatting for aesthetic appeal and readability in a HSC Multimedia folio.
- Use bold text for headings
- Use italics and underlining to emphasise important content
- Align text left, right or justified appropriately
- Use first line indents to signal a new paragraph
- Use bullets for listing content
- Use numbers to list content that needs to be ordered chronologically
- Vary size of text for headings (larger) and body text (smaller)
- Contrast colour throughout folio
- Use stoke and fill to add stylisation to separate areas of content
- Use headings and subheadings to separate areas of content
- Format paragraphs and images so content is balanced on the page
- Use pagination to separate content
To adjust the spacing between characters you would change the:
A. - Alignment
B. - Leading
C. - Kerning
D. - Tracking
C - Kerning
Describe the term Leading
Leading is the distance between each line of text.
The terms “Line Height” or “Line Spacing” are more commonly used in some industries
Describe the term Kerning
Kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing
between individual characters.
Describe the term Tracking
Tracking adjusts the spacing uniformly over a range of characters
(typically over words)
Which element of formatting is NOT a way of emphasising text?
A. Indent
B. Bold
C. Italic
D. Highlighting
A. Indent
Which of the following is NOT considered formatting?
A. Changing document text content
B. Making the heading bold
C. Making text Italic
D. Highlighting text
A. Changing document text content
Alignment, bullets and colour are an example of which of the following?
(A) Paragraphing
(B) Formatting
(C) Pagination
(D) Sans serif
(B) Formatting
What is kerning?
(A) Indenting the first word of a paragraph.
(B) Enlarging the first word of a paragraph.
(C) Blu1Ting the edge of pixels to remove the jaggies.
(D) The process of adjusting the spacing between characters.
(D) The process of adjusting the spacing between characters.
As Multimedia text is increasingly destined for display on the screen rather than print, which of the following would be the most appropriate to use?
(A) Serif
(B) Decorative
(C) San Serif
(D) Bold
(C) San Serif
