Question:* Which of these programs are you able to design typefaces in?
Answer: • All of these
Question:* Which one of these describes a 'river'?
Answer: • When gaps between words on successive lines form a long vertical empty space
Question:* To typeset a range of numbers (i.e. 15–25) a typographer should use:
Answer: • An en dash
Question:* Which font does not belong?
Answer: • Arial
Question:* x-height is best described as...
Answer: • The distance between the baseline and the median.
Question:* The typeface Rockwell is primarily used as (a)...
Answer: • display font
Question:* The combining of two glyphs into one such as ff or fi is called a(n):
Answer: • Ligature
Question:* These are all variations of what: Plain, bold, italic, underline, outline, and shadow?
Answer: • typestyle
Question:* What is a typeface "family"?
Answer: • multiple styles and weights of the same typeface
Question:* Modern movable type, along with the mechanical printing press, was invented in mid-15th century Europe by
Answer: • Johannes Gutenberg
Question:* Which of the following is a sans-serif typeface?
Answer: • Helvetica
Question:* Which option below is a standard serif typeface pre-installed on most operating systems?
Answer: • Times New Roman
Question:* What is a baseline?
Answer: • The imaginary line upon which text rests.
Question:* Pertaining to type design – what is a serif?
Answer: • A slight protrusion that finishes the stroke of a letter
Question:* "&" What is this symbol called?
Answer: • ampersand
Question:* Which pair of words differentiates between fonts with or without the small finishing strokes on the ends of a character?
Answer: • Serif and Sans-Serif
Question:* What is microtypography?
Answer: • Detailed aspects of type and spacing
Question:* What does the term descender refer to?
Answer: • The portion of a letter that extends below the baseline of a font.
Question:* 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
Answer: • Justified text
Question:* What is the correct name for the following glyph: *
Answer: • asterisk
Question:* Where should hyphens (-) be used?
Answer: • All of these
Question:* What size font is generally used in paragraphs of body copy?
Answer: • 8- to 12-point
Question:* What does sans serif mean?
Answer: • a font without semi-structural details at the end of strokes
Question:* Does a descender fall below the base line?
Answer: • Yes
Question:* What does the weight of a font refer to?
Answer: • The thickness of the character outlines relative to their height
Question:* Strikeout means
Answer: • the type has a line running through it
Question:* The top point of a capital A is called:
Answer: • Apex
Question:* What is leading?
Answer: • Space between lines of text (Baseline to Baseline)
Question:* Which of these is not a type adjustment?
Answer: • option
Question:* The hump of an n is called a...
Answer: • shoulder
Question:* Which is not a sans serif font?
Answer: • Times New Roman
Question:* Is there a difference between Arial and Helvetica?
Answer: • Many differences exist in the tails, spurs, and angle of endcaps.
Question:* What do ligatures do?
Answer: • Combine two or more characters into a single glyph
Question:* Digital type is generally created as what kind of file type?
Answer: • Vector glyphs
Question:* How do you refer to the strokes of lowercase letters that rise above the rest of the letter?
Answer: • Ascenders
Question:* What does DPI stand for?
Answer: • Dots per inch
Question:* This symbol has the general meaning of "commercial at" or "at the rate of." Which symbol holds these titles?
Answer: • @
Question:* How do you refer to the strokes of lowercase letter that extend below the rest of the letter?
Answer: • Descenders
Question:* What is a double-story "g"?
Answer: • One where extended tail forms a closed bowl or loop.
Question:* Experimental typography is defined as:
Answer: • The unconventional and more artistic approach to setting type
Question:* Placing glyphs closer or farther to each other manually for every glyph is called:
Answer: • kerning
Question:* A hyphen would be used for:
Answer: • A break in a word
Question:* What is the common term for letterforms that are connected?
Answer: • ligature
Question:* Uneven Rag can affect the overall _____ of a text block.
Answer: • Readability
Question:* What is the horizontal line in a lowercase f and t called?
Answer: • Crossbar
Question:* Kerning is the spacing between letters; whereas leading is the spacing between...
Answer: • lines of text
Question:* Which font would be considered a Sans Serif font?
Answer: • Futura
Question:* Which parts of letters reach below the baseline?
Answer: • Descenders, loops and tails.
Question:* Which of these is an example of a slab serif typeface?
Answer: • Rockwell
Question:* Which of the following is a slab serif?
Answer: • Rockwell
Question:* Which of these well-recognized and often utilized typefaces was the basis for a documentary in 2007?
Answer: • Helvetica
Question:* What is the name for the middle portion of the letter "S"?
Answer: • Spine
Question:* How many spaces should come after a period, between sentences when using Mac & Windows fonts?
Answer: • 1
Question:* What is the correct name for the glyph "^"?
Answer: • Caret
Question:* What is a common ligature?
Answer: • ff
Question:* Type Design is...
Answer: • the practice of creating typefaces.
Question:* Legibility refers to....
Answer: • the degree to which text is readable
Question:* What is the general term used to describe a company that specializes in designing and/or distributing typefaces?
Answer: • A type foundry
Question:* The longest of the dashes is the:
Answer: • em dash
Question:* The imaginary line upon which the base of each capital letter rests is called the:
Answer: • Baseline
Question:* Which of the following is a Slab Serif typeface?
Answer: • Rockwell
Question:* Where should em dashes (—) be used?
Answer: • All of these
Question:* It is acceptable typographic practice to use two hyphens in place of an em dash.
Answer: • False
Question:* Which letter is considered to have an 'ascender'?
Answer: • k
Question:* Where should en dashes (–) be used?
Answer: • All of these
Question:* In typography, the x-height is
Answer: • the distance between the baseline and the mean line in a typeface
Question:* How do you refer to the height of capital letters in a typeface?
Answer: • Cap height
Question:* What is the invisible line called that defines the height of the lower case letters?
Answer: • X-height
Question:* What is the space between two baselines called?
Answer: • leading
Question:* Pertaining to type design – x-height – is the distance between...
Answer: • ... the baseline and the mean line
Question:* A set of two commonly kerned letters are called?
Answer: • Kerning Pairs
Question:* True or False: Lowercase type is easier to read than uppercase.
Answer: • True.
Question:* An ascender in typography is....
Answer: • is the portion of a letter in a Latin based alphabet that extends above the mean line of a font
Question:* A glyph consisting of 3 periods is called a(n)...
Answer: • ellipsis
Question:* What is the difference between kerning and tracking?
Answer: • Kerning is the adjustment of space between individual characters, while tracking is universal adjustment of letter spacing applied to groups of letters and blocks of text.
Question:* Which of these is NOT an example of a Sans-Serif typeface?
Answer: • Bodoni
Question:* Which of the following is monospaced?
Answer: • Courier
Question:* For a break in thought (i.e. a strong break in a sentence) a typographer should use:
Answer: • An em dash
Question:* Garamond is considered what kind of typeface?
Answer: • Old Style
Question:* What do the names Renner, Gill, Bodoni, and Miedinger have in common?
Answer: • They are the last names of famous Type designers.
Question:* In typography, a counter is:
Answer: • the area of typeface anatomy that is entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol
Question:* The end of a non serifed stroke is referred to as the:
Answer: • Terminal
Question:* Swash refers to what?
Answer: • Characters with typographic flourishes.
Question:* What is the difference between kerning and tracking?
Answer: • Kerning is adjusted between two glyphs; tracking is set across a span of type.
Question:* Which of these utilizes numerals set in varying heights
Answer: • Old Style Figures
Question:* Which dash should be used to specify a range (eg: 1985-1993)
Answer: • en dash
Question:* What is the horizontal line in the capital alphabet "H" called?
Answer: • Crossbar
Question:* What is the term for the line between the weighted diagonal (stem) and diagonal hairline in an capital A?
Answer: • Crossbar
Question:* How many points in a pica?
Answer: • 12
Question:* In general type design practice, what is the difference between a counter and an aperture?
Answer: • Counters are enclosed negative space, apertures are partially opened negative space
Question:* What are widows?
Answer: • Single words alone on a line or a new page
Question:* "Letter press" is...
Answer: • relief printing of text
Question:* The numbers in a typeface with ascenders and decsenders are called:
Answer: • Old-style
Question:* What is the space inside a capital D, R, B, and P called
Answer: • Counter
Question:* TrueType is used in...
Answer: • Windows and Macintosh operating systems
Question:* True or False: In typography, hyphens are technically known as en dashes.
Answer: • False. Hyphens and en dashes are different characters with different functions.
Question:* Which font is all caps, and does not contain any lowercase characters?
Answer: • Trajan
Question:* What is the difference between "italic" and "oblique" font types?
Answer: • Italic is a redesigned version of the original font, oblique merely slants the font to the right.
Question:* True or False: It is safe to assume font files purchased through a reputable foundry are legal to embed online.
Answer: • False
Question:* What is a bowl?
Answer: • The round, inside part of letters like b, d, o, etc.
Question:* How is leading measured, from one word to the word directly below it?
Answer: • From baseline to baseline
Question:* The tail of an serifed "a" is known as the...
Answer: • spur
Question:* The rounded part of a capital B is called a...
Answer: • bowl
Question:* Numbers with descenders are called:
Answer: • Non-lining numbers
Question:* Which of the following is a transitional serif typeface:
Answer: • Baskerville
Question:* What is the name of the small outward facing protrusion sometimes found on the lowercase "g"?
Answer: • Ear
Question:* "Set solid" refers to _______.
Answer: • type set without added leading
Question:* What is the term for the vertical length of a capital L?
Answer: • Stem
Question:* True or False: The human eye is incapable of perceiving jagged edges from pixels composing type on a 96 DPI display.
Answer: • False
Question:* What is a colophon?
Answer: • A brief description of typeface and production notes of a printed work.
Question:* Which is the earliest letter in the alphabet which, in its lowercase form, features an ascender?
Answer: • B
Question:* Transitional fonts have...
Answer: • serifs and moderate contrast between thick and thin in the letterform.
Question:* Hanging punctuation is used to:
Answer: • Improve the optical alignment of a text block
Question:* The typeface Helvetica was designed in the 1950’s to compete with which of the following?
Answer: • Akzidenz-Grotesk
Question:* Which of the following is an old style typeface?
Answer: • Garamond
Question:* What is the correct term when curved letter parts extend slightly over the base line or x-height?
Answer: • over shoot
Question:* The most precise classification of Helvetica, a typeface characterized by neutral forms with minimal stroke contrast, is _______.
Answer: • Neo-grotesque Sans-serif
Question:* Does "Gothic" refer to a sans serif font or serif font?
Answer: • sans serif
Question:* Which of the following is a modern serif typeface?
Answer: • Bodoni
Question:* What category of typeface has an extreme contrast in stroke?
Answer: • Modern
Question:* What is the relationship between curved strokes and straight vertical strokes?
Answer: • Curved strokes are typically thicker than straight strokes
Question:* What does hinting refer to?
Answer: • Applying mathematical guidelines to adjust how fonts are displayed for screen
Question:* What is the name of the portion of the letter "N" that connects the two vertical strokes?
Answer: • Diagonal stroke
Question:* What are majuscules?
Answer: • Uppercase characters.
Question:* What is the name of the portion of the lowercase "g" that connects the loop with the rest of the letter's body?
Answer: • Link
Question:* Who is the author of "The Elements of Typographic Style"?
Answer: • Robert Bringhurst
Question:* Which of these is not a real typographic mark?
Answer: • Stream
Question:* Tahoma, Arial, and Geneva are all examples of what?
Answer: • Both
Question:* The ampersand is derived from a merging of these characters:
Answer: • et
Question:* Times New Roman and and Baskerville are classified as:
Answer: • Transitional
Question:* An 'Em' dash can used for for all of the following except.
Answer: • Ranges of values
Question:* The typeface Clarendon is associated with which font family?
Answer: • Slab Serifs
Question:* Which of the following is an octothorpe?
Answer: • #
Question:* What is the correct name for the glyph "¶"?
Answer: • pilcrow
Question:* Who invented italic type?
Answer: • Aldus Manutius
Question:* In typography, what refers to the overall density of a text?
Answer: • Color
Question:* What kind of an aperture do humanistic typefaces usually have?
Answer: • Opened
Question:* The OpenType format was developed by...
Answer: • Adobe and Microsoft
Question:* What is "รง" called in English?
Answer: • c-cedilla
Question:* Which character is used in writing dates, to indicate line breaks in poems, and as a general mark of separation?
Answer: • Virgule
Question:* What is the alternative name given to the pound sign (#)?
Answer: • octothorpe
Question:* What are Orphans?
Answer: • Paragraph-opening copy alone at the end of a page or column.
Question:* STD in Helvetica Neue STD LT is an abbreviation for
Answer: • Standard Opentype
Question:* An uppercase O is usually __________.
Answer: • slightly heavier at the bottom
Question:* What is the correct name for the glyph "†"?
Answer: • dagger
Question:* What weight classification of font would be the heaviest.
Answer: • Nord
Question:* Commas, colons and em dash are all examples of...
Answer: • diacritic marks
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