ACA Working with Typography 2

Question 1

In Adobe Illustrator, which panel allows you to change the tracking value for selected text?

Accepted Answer

Character panel

Answer

Paragraph panel

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Glyphs panel

Answer

OpenType panel

Question 2

What does 'leading' refer to in typography?

Accepted Answer

Vertical space between lines of text

Answer

Space between individual letters

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Horizontal indentation of a paragraph

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Space between words

Question 3

Which font classification is characterized by small decorative strokes at the ends of letterform strokes?

Accepted Answer

Serif

Answer

Sans-serif

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Script

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Monospace

Question 4

In Adobe InDesign, what is the purpose of the 'Baseline Grid'?

Accepted Answer

To align text baselines across multiple columns for visual consistency

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To set the font size for body text

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To create a colored background behind text frames

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To define paragraph indentation values

Question 5

What is 'kerning' in typography?

Accepted Answer

Adjusting spacing between a specific pair of characters

Answer

Adjusting spacing between all characters equally

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Changing the overall size of a typeface

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Aligning text to the baseline

Question 6

Which OpenType feature substitutes standard numerals with smaller numbers aligned to the lowercase x-height?

Accepted Answer

Oldstyle figures

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Lining figures

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Tabular figures

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Superscript

Question 7

In Adobe Photoshop, which anti-aliasing option produces the sharpest, most pixelated text edges?

Accepted Answer

None

Answer

Smooth

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Strong

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Crisp