Typography and Vector Tools Flashcards

What is the effect of applying 'Faux Bold' to a typeface in Photoshop's Character panel?

Answer: Artificially thickens strokes by software rather than using the font's true bold weight

Faux Bold synthetically emboldens a font by adding stroke weight in software, which is less refined than the font's actual bold variant.

When Photoshop text is set to 'Crisp' anti-aliasing, what is the visual result?

Answer: Text is rendered with slightly more softness than Sharp but still well-defined edges

Crisp anti-aliasing gives text a defined look with moderate softening, sitting between Sharp (least blur) and Smooth (most blur).

Which Photoshop function allows you to paste Lorem Ipsum placeholder text directly into a type layer?

Answer: Type > Paste Lorem Ipsum

Type > Paste Lorem Ipsum inserts standard placeholder text into an active type layer for layout purposes.

What does the 'Exclude Overlapping Shapes' path operation produce?

Answer: Overlapping areas become transparent while non-overlapping areas remain filled

Exclude Overlapping Shapes fills non-overlapping regions and makes overlapping areas transparent, similar to the XOR operation.

Which command should you use to align multiple vector shape layers to each other in Photoshop?

Answer: Layer > Align Layers to Selection

Layer > Align Layers to Selection aligns selected layers relative to each other or to the canvas using options like center, top, left, etc.

What is a 'Work Path' in Photoshop?

Answer: A temporary path that is replaced each time you draw a new path with the Pen tool

A Work Path is a temporary, unsaved path that gets replaced when you start drawing a new path; you must save it to preserve it.

Which OpenType feature in Photoshop automatically replaces certain letter combinations like 'fi' or 'fl' with a single combined glyph?

Answer: Standard Ligatures

Standard Ligatures replace common character pairs such as fi, fl, ff, ffi, and ffl with specially designed single glyphs for better readability.