Adobe Illustrator Typography and Text Tools 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is kerning?
- Adjusting space between two specific characters (Correct answer)
- Uniform spacing across many characters
- Space between paragraphs
- Line height spacing
Correct answer: Adjusting space between two specific characters
Kerning controls the space between a single pair of adjacent characters.
Question 2: Which feature links overflowing text from one text frame into another?
- Threaded text (Correct answer)
- Area type options
- Clipping mask
- Text wrap
Correct answer: Threaded text
Threading connects text frames so overflow flows into the next frame.
Question 3: A small red plus sign on a text frame indicates what?
- Overset (overflowing) text (Correct answer)
- A missing font
- A spelling error
- A locked layer
Correct answer: Overset (overflowing) text
The red plus marks overset text that doesn't fit in the frame.
Question 4: Which panel applies a reusable set of formatting to whole paragraphs?
- Paragraph Styles panel (Correct answer)
- Character panel
- Glyphs panel
- Appearance panel
Correct answer: Paragraph Styles panel
Paragraph Styles store and apply formatting to entire paragraphs at once.
Question 5: What does the Glyphs panel let you do?
- Insert special characters and font alternates (Correct answer)
- Adjust line spacing
- Create text outlines
- Wrap text around objects
Correct answer: Insert special characters and font alternates
The Glyphs panel inserts any character or alternate glyph from a font.
Question 6: Which alignment option in the Paragraph panel forces full lines but leaves the last line left-aligned?
- Justify with last line aligned left (Correct answer)
- Align center
- Align right
- Justify all lines
Correct answer: Justify with last line aligned left
This justify option spreads all lines except the final one, which stays left.
Question 7: What is leading?
- The vertical space between lines of text (Correct answer)
- Horizontal space between letters
- The width of a column
- Indentation of a paragraph
Correct answer: The vertical space between lines of text
Leading is the vertical distance between baselines of consecutive lines.
