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Text Information and Media Flashcards

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a simple and flexible format of presenting information or conveying ideas whether handwritten, printed or displayed onscreen

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Text

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any human readable sequence of characters that can form intelligible words

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Text

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capable of being understood or comprehended

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Intelligible

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Why texts matter?

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Texts matter because they are bearers of communication and movers of meaning across various media form

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Types of text

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Hypertext
Plaintext or unformatted text
Formatted text

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serve to link different electronic documents and enable users to jump from one to other in a nonlinear way

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Hypertext

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fixed sized characters having essentially the same type of appearance

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Plaintext or unformatted text

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appearance can be changed using font parameters

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Formatted text

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In general sense, tis means non-sequential reading and writing

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Hypertext

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refers to plain, raw text without any special formatting or styling. It lacks features like bolds, italics, font size, changes, or color variations

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Unformatted text

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refers to text displayed in a special, specified style

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Formatted text

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also called font, font type, or type. refers to representation or style of text in the digital format and usually comprised of alphabets, numbers, punctuation marks, symbols, and other special characters.

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Typeface

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Types of Typefaces

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Serif
Sans Serif
Slab Serif
Script
Decorative

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connotes formality and readability in large amount of texts
usually used for the body texts of books, newspapers, magazines, and research publication
give a classic or elegant look

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Serif

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Examples of Serif

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Example: times new roman, garamond, baskerville

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brings a clean or minimalist look to the text
used for clear and direct meaning of text
give a modern look and is used primarily in webpage design

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Sans Serif

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Examples of Sans Serif

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Example: arial, helvetica, tahoma, verdana, calibri

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

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Slab Serif

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Examples of Slab Serif

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Examples: Rockwell, Paybill

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draws much attention to itself because of its brush like strokes
usually used in wedding invitation cards or other forml events

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Script

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Examples of Script

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Examples: Edwardian, Vladimir, Kunstler

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caters to a wide variety of emotions or themes

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Decorative

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Examples of Decorative

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Examples: Chiller, Jokerman, Curlz Mt

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Common File formats

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TXT (text)
DOC (document)
RTF (rich text format)
PDF (portable document format)
PS (postscript)

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unformatted text document by an editor as notepad on Windows platform

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TXT (text)

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a native format for storing documents created by MS Word package which contains a rich set of formatting capabilities

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DOC (document)

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Cross platform document exchange; default format for Mac OS X’s default editor TextEdit

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RTF (rich text format)

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developed by Adobe systems for cross platform exchange of documents, supports image, and graphics

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PDF (portable document format)

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a page description language used mainly for desktop publishing

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PS (postscript)

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Design Principles and Elements

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Emphasis
Appropriateness
Proximity
Alignment
Organization
Repetition
Contrast

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refers to the importance or value given to a part of the text based content

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Emphasis

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refers to how fitting or suitable text is used for a specific audience, purpose or event

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Appropriateness

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refers to how near or how far the text elements from each other

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Proximity

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refers to hoe the text is positioned in the page 9
left, center, right, or justified)

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Alignment

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

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Organization

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ensures that while some text elements are separated from each other, they are still somehow connected with the rest of the elements in the page

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Organization

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concerns consistency of the elements and the unity of the entire design

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Repetition

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creates visual interest to text elements
achieved when two elements are different from each other

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Contrast

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