Typography Flashcards
Text on maps purpose
Acts as a functional symbol
Establishes hierarchy
Labels
Explains
Directs
Titles on a map, purpose
Reflects the subject of the map
Text material on a map (what items)
Legend
Title
Source
Explanatory material
Typeface
A set of letters, numbers, and special characters with a unique design
What we know often think of as font
Font
Subset of a typeface
Factors that vary in Fonts
size
weight (Bold)
width (condensed/extended)
style (italic)
Common form for hydrology
Italics
Follow the line of the river
Cover the are of the lake
Repeat rather than stretch
Simple curves
What should legends do
Clearly explain map symbols
Avoid “Legend”
Weight in text
Bold-face vs light-face
Implies ordered differences - Hierarchy
Serifs
Finishing strokes added to the main stroke
increased readability
Good for body text (like books)
Sans-Serifs
No finishing strokes
Usually good for titles, headings, distance
X-height
The size of the main body of lower case text
Greater x height usually = easier to read
Varies across fonts of the same size
Type size
Refers to the height of the block in traditional printing
Font Size
Point Size
The height from top of tallest ascender to bottom of lowest descender
Minimum font size for average paper
6 (still very hard to read)
10 for computer screens
