Typography Quiz # 4

To typeset a range of numbers (i.e. 15–25) a typographer should use:

An en dash

A hyphen

An em dash

The rounded part of a capital B is called a...

curve

shoulder

swash

stress

bowl

Which font is all caps, and does not contain any lowercase characters?

Avante Garde

Trajan

American Typewriter

Eurostile

Cheltenham

How is leading measured, from one word to the word directly below it?

From descender to ascender

From top of x-height to bottom of x-height

From baseline to baseline

From ascender to ascender

From baseline to ascender

TrueType is used in...

Print and Web design

None of these

Windows and Macintosh operating systems

Windows Computers only

Which of the following is a transitional serif typeface:

Helvetica

Bodoni

Papyrus

Rockwell

Baskerville

Numbers with descenders are called:

Underlined numbers

Lining numbers

In-line numbers

Non-lining numbers

Transitional fonts have...

serifs and moderate contrast between thick and thin in the letterform.

serifs and pronounced contrast between thick and thin in the letterform.

no serifs and pronounced contrast between thick and thin in the letterform.

no serifs and no contrast between thick and thin in the letterform.

Which of the following is an old style typeface?

Bodoni

Baskerville

Garamond

Helvetica

Papyrus

"Set solid" refers to _______.

black or dark gray type

justified type with small margins

type set in a heavy weight

type set without added leading

What is the term for the vertical length of a capital L?

Crossbar

Stroke

Stem

Spine

Arm

What is a colophon?

A brief description of typeface and production notes of a printed work.

A symbol placed at the end of a block of text.

A symbol is a dingbat font.

What is the name of the small outward facing protrusion sometimes found on the lowercase "g"?

Ear

Nodule

Nub

Notch

Tail

The tail of an serifed "a" is known as the...

spur

serif

bracket

tail

title

What is the name of the portion of the letter "N" that connects the two vertical strokes?

Crossbar

Diagonal stroke

Horizontal stroke

Crutch

Spine

True or False: The human eye is incapable of perceiving jagged edges from pixels composing type on a 96 DPI display.

False

True

Does "Gothic" refer to a sans serif font or serif font?

sans serif

serif

Hanging punctuation is used to:

Punctuate a paragraph that has a hanging indent

Improve the optical alignment of a text block

Designate a block quote

Add emphasis to a paragraph or block of text

An 'Em' dash can used for for all of the following except.

Ranges of values

Differing recommendations

Relationships and connections

A break of thought

What category of typeface has an extreme contrast in stroke?

Transitional

Humanist

Geometric Sans

Modern

Which of the following is a modern serif typeface?

Helvetica

Rockwell

Bodoni

Papyrus

Baskerville

Which is the earliest letter in the alphabet which, in its lowercase form, features an ascender?

A

B

J

H

D

The most precise classification of Helvetica, a typeface characterized by neutral forms with minimal stroke contrast, is _______.

Humanist Sans-serif

Modern or Didone

Transitional Serif

Neo-grotesque Sans-serif

Venetian

The typeface Helvetica was designed in the 1950’s to compete with which of the following?

DIN

Le Monde Sans

Franklin Gothic

Akzidenz-Grotesk

Futura

What is the correct term when curved letter parts extend slightly over the base line or x-height?

letter extensions

curvature

stem sneak

over shoot

What is "ç" called in English?

c-cedilla

broken c

ze hautsia

None of these

What does hinting refer to?

Applying mathematical guidelines to adjust how fonts are displayed for screen

The process of exporting a typeface so that it can be rendered safely for the web

Adjusting the opacity of certain letters in a word

Optimizing the load time of a web safe font

Evenly kerning letters within a block of text

Tahoma, Arial, and Geneva are all examples of what?

Sans-Serif typefaces

Web safe fonts

Both

What is the relationship between curved strokes and straight vertical strokes?

They are the same weight

Curved strokes are typically thicker than straight strokes

Straight strokes are typically thicker than curved strokes

Curved strokes are only thicker on serif typefaces.

Which of the following is an octothorpe?

@

#

8

&

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