Typography Quiz # 2

A text alignment that fills the space between margins leaving a neat straight edged block of text but can leave extra space between words that become "rivers" of white space running through the paragraph. The text alignment is

Centered text

Right-aligned text

Left-aligned text

Justified text

What is a baseline?

The imaginary line upon which text rests.

None of these.

The imaginary maximum line upon which text reach

A new line of text.

Strikeout means

the editor needs to delete out the word

the word is in extra bold

that section has a spelling error

the type has 'x' marks over each letter

the type has a line running through it

Is there a difference between Arial and Helvetica?

Yes, the x height is different

Many differences exist in the tails, spurs, and angle of endcaps.

Only in the non-alphanumeric characters

Only the lowercase g is different

No, they are the exact same font

How do you refer to the strokes of lowercase letters that rise above the rest of the letter?

Up Strokes

Stems

Branches

Top Stems

Ascenders

What is a double-story "g"?

One where extended tail forms a closed bowl or loop.

A lowercase g in any serif font.

The hump of an n is called a...

swash

link

stroke

shoulder

stress

Legibility refers to....

the stems which cap the end of a stroke on certain letters

the degree to which text is readable

the act of fitting as many words on a page as possible

the cutoff point under whcih the end of a word can "hang" over the edge of a margin

A hyphen would be used for:

A range of dates

A break in thought

A break in a word

Placing glyphs closer or farther to each other manually for every glyph is called:

moving

tracking

spacing

kerning

Which of these is an example of a slab serif typeface?

Garamond

Times New Roman

Baskerville

Rockwell

Didot

The combining of two glyphs into one such as ff or fi is called a(n):

None of these

Ligature

Abbreviation

Kerning pair

Experimental typography is defined as:

The intended result of the presentation of textual material in order to communicate meaning as unambiguously as possible

Ensuring that each individual character or glyph is unambiguous and distinguishable from all other characters in the font

The unconventional and more artistic approach to setting type

The result of a code that swaps every letter for a different letter

What is the name for the middle portion of the letter "S"?

Spine

Sleeve

Tube

Rod

Backbone

Which font would be considered a Sans Serif font?

Didot

Century Schoolbook

Futura

Bookman Antiqua

Bell MT

Which of the following is a slab serif?

Georgia

Helvetica

Bodoni

Rockwell

Uneven Rag can affect the overall _____ of a text block.

Readability

Tracking

Character size

Leading

These are all variations of what: Plain, bold, italic, underline, outline, and shadow?

typography

type

typestyle

typeface

What is the correct name for the glyph "^"?

Upside-down V

Arrow accent

Caret

What is a common ligature?

fr

fp

ff

zf

fz

Which parts of letters reach below the baseline?

Tails, descenders, counters.

Descenders, loops and tails.

Spurs, terminals, loops.

Counters, feet, terminals.

Kerning is the spacing between letters; whereas leading is the spacing between...

columns of text

individual words

lines of text

It is acceptable typographic practice to use two hyphens in place of an em dash.

False

True

What is the horizontal line in a lowercase f and t called?

Eye

Vertical Serif

Crossbar

Shoulder

The typeface Rockwell is primarily used as (a)...

paragraph text

display font

list font

sub text

transition font

How do you refer to the height of capital letters in a typeface?

Face height

Font height

Typeface height

Cap height

Upper height

Which of these well-recognized and often utilized typefaces was the basis for a documentary in 2007?

Tahoma

Helvetica

Times New Roman

Arial

Georgia

Where should em dashes (—) be used?

In place of parentheses on either side of information that is not important to understanding the rest of the sentence.

All of these

In place of a colon when it would be too weak, but a period would be too strong.

To show a thought trailing off or being interrupted at the end of a line, leaving the sentence unfinished.

Which letter is considered to have an 'ascender'?

w

g

q

k

i

What is the invisible line called that defines the height of the lower case letters?

X-line

X-height

letter-height

z-height