Fonts and Typography Understanding Fonts 4

Question 1

What does 'tracking' adjust compared to kerning?

Accepted Answer

Uniform spacing across a range of characters, not specific pairs

Answer

Tracking applies even letter spacing across a word or block, while kerning targets pairs.

Question 2

The 'cap height' of a font measures what?

Accepted Answer

The height of capital letters from the baseline

Answer

Cap height is the distance from the baseline to the top of uppercase letters.

Question 3

Which term refers to the part of a letter that extends below the baseline?

Accepted Answer

Descender

Answer

Descenders are the strokes dropping below the baseline on letters like 'g', 'p', and 'y'.

Question 4

What is a 'glyph'?

Accepted Answer

A single visual representation of a character

Answer

A glyph is the specific drawn shape representing a character, symbol, or ligature.

Question 5

A 'condensed' font variant differs how from the regular version?

Accepted Answer

Its letters are narrower, fitting more text per line

Answer

Condensed fonts use narrower letterforms to save horizontal space.

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