Typography

Question 1

What are the four types of San-Serif typeface?

Answer 1

1. Grotesque
2. Neo-Grotesque
3. Humanist
4. Geometric

Question 2

What is the oldest san-serif typeface?

Answer 2

Grotesque

Question 3

What is the second oldest san-serif typeface?

Answer 3

Neo-Grotesque

Question 4

What is the third oldest san-serif typeface?

Answer 4

Humanist

Question 5

What is the most recent san-serif typeface?

Answer 5

Geometric

Question 6

Give an example of a Grotesque sans-serif typeface.

Answer 6

News Gothic

Question 7

Give an example of a Neo-Grotesque sans-serif typeface.

Answer 7

Helvetica

Question 8

Give an example of a Humanist sans-serif typeface.

Answer 8

Gill Sans

Question 9

Give an example of a Geometric sans-serif typeface.

Answer 9

Futura

Question 10

T or F: Don’t mix more than two fonts.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

T or F: When combining two fonts, the x-height should be similar.

Answer 11

True. It keeps the grey level constant.

Question 12

Paragraph text on the web should be from __px to ___px.

Answer 12

13px-18px

Question 13

The line length should be between ___-___ characters.

Answer 13

45-75 characters

Question 14

To achieve a balanced setting in a block of text, white space between the lines should be about ____% of the x-height.

Answer 14

150%

Question 15

Set the line height of ____% of text size.

Answer 15

125%

Question 16

What is a “Widow”?

Answer 16

A single word or a very short line of text at the end of a paragraph.

Question 17

What are the two types of alignment?

Answer 17

Edge alignment & Center alignment

Question 18

What is an edge alignment?

Answer 18

All the elements are on one side linging up with a single line.

Question 19

What is a center alighnment?

Answer 19

Where you line up all the elements by their midpoint