Working with Typography Flashcards
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In Adobe Illustrator, which panel allows you to change the tracking value for selected text?
Answer: Character panel
The Character panel contains tracking controls that adjust spacing between all selected characters uniformly.
What does 'leading' refer to in typography?
Answer: Vertical space between lines of text
Leading is the vertical distance between baselines of consecutive lines of text.
Which font classification is characterized by small decorative strokes at the ends of letterform strokes?
Answer: Serif
Serif fonts have small decorative strokes (serifs) at the ends of the main strokes of each letter.
In Adobe InDesign, what is the purpose of the 'Baseline Grid'?
Answer: To align text baselines across multiple columns for visual consistency
The Baseline Grid snaps text baselines to consistent intervals across columns, creating visual alignment.
What is 'kerning' in typography?
Answer: Adjusting spacing between a specific pair of characters
Kerning adjusts the spacing between specific character pairs to improve visual spacing consistency.
Which OpenType feature substitutes standard numerals with smaller numbers aligned to the lowercase x-height?
Answer: Oldstyle figures
Oldstyle figures have varying heights and descenders, blending with lowercase text in body copy.
In Adobe Photoshop, which anti-aliasing option produces the sharpest, most pixelated text edges?
Answer: None
Setting anti-aliasing to None applies no smoothing, resulting in hard, aliased pixel edges.