Fonts and Typography Typography Fundamentals 2

Question 1

What is the term for the vertical space between two lines of text?

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Leading

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Tracking

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Kerning

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Hinting

Question 2

Kerning specifically adjusts which of the following?

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Space between two specific characters

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Overall line height

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Uniform spacing across a word

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Paragraph indentation

Question 3

The imaginary line on which most letters sit is called the:

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Baseline

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X-height

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Cap line

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Meanline

Question 4

Tracking differs from kerning because tracking adjusts:

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Spacing uniformly across a range of text

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A single letter pair

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Line spacing

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The font weight

Question 5

The height of lowercase letters like 'x' (excluding ascenders/descenders) is the:

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X-height

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Cap height

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Em height

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Ascender height

Question 6

A part of a lowercase letter that extends below the baseline, as in 'g' or 'p', is a:

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Descender

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Ascender

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Serif

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Terminal

Question 7

Which measurement unit is traditionally used for font size in typography?

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Points

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Pixels

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Picas

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Inches