Typography - Final Assessment
1. The characters that are aligned with the descender line are called ________.
Ans. Subscript.
2. The distance between the baseline and descender line is called
Ans. Descender height
3. __________ is the basic unit of absolute typographic measurement.
Ans. Point
4. The horizontal stroke that intersects the central stem is called _________.
Ans. CrossBar
5. The horizontal position of a type is called _________.
Ans. Alignment
6. The fonts without a serif are known as __________.
Ans. Sans-Serif
7. Different typefaces with the same point size can have different x-heights.
Ans. False
8. A lone word at the end of a block of text is called as
Ans. Widow
9. Which text alignment has the text takes shape of a concrete object?
Ans. Concrete
10. The physical means used to create a typeface in the real world is called as
Ans. Font
11. ___’ is the space between letters and varies per character to create comfortable looking typography.
Ans. Kerning
12. A curving stroke of ‘S’ is called a
Ans. Spine
13. The fonts that have a small stroke at the end of main horizontal or vertical stroke is called as
Ans. Serif
14. The angle formed at the bottom of a letter when strokes meet is called as
Ans. Vertex
15. The distance between the baseline and ascender line is called __________.
Ans. Ascender height
16. The height of capital letters or the distance between the baseline and cap line is called __________.
Ans. Cap height
17. A stroke that joints two other letter parts is called as
Ans. Link
18. Serif strokes help to lead the eye while reading a sentence.
Ans. True
19. In _______ text alignment, the lines not aligned with each other.
Ans. Center
20. The distance between the baseline and mean line is called
Ans. x-height
21. Times New Roman is a serif font.
Ans. True
22. In _______ text alignment, the text takes the shape of a concrete object.
Ans. Justified
23. ______ is the amount of spacing between the characters of a word or a text block.
Ans. Word spacing
24. The part of a letter which extends above the x-height is called
Ans. Ascender
25. The curving stroke of 'S' is called __________
Ans. The spine
26. A slanted version of the regular style is called
Ans. Italic.
27. A lone word at the end of a block of text is called _______
Ans. Widow
28. __________ has a lighter stroke than the regular style.
Ans. Light
29. A wider version of the regular style is called __________.
Ans. Extended
30. __________ is the basic style of typeface that is most commonly used for body text.
Ans. Regular
31. Different typefaces with the same point size can have different x-heights.
Ans. True
32. Helvetica is a serif font.
Ans. False
33. _______ is the white space formed between the words of a justified body text.
Ans. River
34. ______ is the space between letters and varies per character to create comfortable looking typography.
Ans. Kerning
35. Which text alignment has the line extending from the left to the right margin with varying space between the words.
Ans. Justified
36. The orientation of a curved character is called __________.
Ans. Stress
37. The part of a letter which falls below the baseline is called __________.
Ans. Descender
38. The characters that are aligned with the ascender line are called __________
Ans. Superscript
39. A stroke that joins two parts of a letter is called __________.
Ans. Link
40. Which text alignment has the text wrapped around an image?
Ans. Runaround
41. The final one or two lines of a paragraph which break to form a new column is called _______.
Ans. Widow
42. The space inside a bowl is called __________.
Ans. Counter
43. The joining of two or three separate characters to form a single unit to avoid interference is called _______.
Ans. Ligature
44. Serifs help the eye while reading a sentence.
Ans. True
45. The distance between two baselines on consecutive lines of text is called ______.
Ans. Leading
46. Leading is the space between two letters.
Ans. False