text elements Flashcards

1
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a simple and flexible format of presenting information
or conveying ideas: hand-written, printed as in
brochures or actual posters or displayed on-screen :
text messages, hashtags, posts, articles, stories,
researches

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TEXT

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news articles, published books, websites; 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
(especially for traditional print media)

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Text in Formal Sources

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3
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come from personal opinions or views on different issues and processes

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Text in Informal Sources

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4
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the art and technique of arranging type to make written
language legible, readable, and appealing when
displayed.

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Typography

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5
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used to communicate a message, convey a mood or
feeling, establish hierarchy, and create a visual
identity.

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Typography

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6
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classic, formal, easy to read for small sizes

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Serif

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7
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casual, clean, orderly, easier to read in
digital mediums

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Sans Serif

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8
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carries a solid or heavy look to text. This font can be
used for large advertising sign on billboards.

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Slab Serif

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9
Q

is attractive because of its brush-like strokes. But, 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

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Script

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10
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uses a fixed width for each letter. This means that each
character within the text uses the same amount of
horizontal space

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Monospaced

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10
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cater to varied emotions such as celebration, fear,
horror or themes : such as cowboys, circus, holidays,
summer, kiddie

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Decorative

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10
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_______ are both an ART and SCIENCE

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Typefaces

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10
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Two ways to read typography

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Function [denotation] - pragmatic
Feeling [connotation] - expressive

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11
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refers to the importance or value given to
a part of the text-based content. When trying to make
a point or highlighting a message, you can make the
text bold, italicized, have a heavier weight, darkened
or lightened (depending on your background color) or
enlarged.

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Emphasis (clue: importance/value/highlighted message)

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11
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refers to how fitting or suitable
the text is used for a specific audience, purpose or
event. In the creation of text-based content, make
sure that the selection criteria (tone, style, purpose,
clarity) is followed.

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Appropriateness (clue: how fitting)

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11
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refers to how near or how far are the
text elements from each other. When two things are
closely related, we bring them close together.

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Proximity (clue: how near/far)

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refers to how the text is positioned in
the page. This can be left, right, center or justified.

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Alignment (clue: how text is positioned)

13
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refers to a conscious effort to
organize the different text elements in a page.
It 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.

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Organization

14
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concerns consistency of elements and the
unity of the entire design. This is done by repeating
some typefaces within the page.

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Repetition (clue: consistency)

15
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creates visual interest to text elements.
It is achieved when two elements are
different from each other.

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Contrast