Reduction of space between two characters

What is an ascender in typography?

Part of lowercase letter that rise above the x-height.

In terms of typography, what is justified?

Left and right spacing form straight edges

What is a type widow?

A very short line - one word or the end of a hyphenated word

In typography, what is hierarchy?

Used to guide/direct the eye where to go next on the page

What is a descender in typography?

The part of the letter that falls beneath the baseline

The distance between two lines of type

What are transitional typefaces?

They are a mixture of old and modern styles put together.

The overall spacing between all characters in a line

the art and technique of designing font types.

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1
What is kerning?
Can be used to attract readers
Usually found in other countries
Reduction of space between two characters
2
What is an ascender in typography?
the small decorative stroke at the end of a main stroke
An imaginary horizontal line
Part of lowercase letter that rise above the x-height.
The horizontal line that connects 2 vertical lines
3
In terms of typography, what is justified?
Lining of type that is spaced centered
Lining of type that is spaced to the left
Left and right spacing form straight edges
Lining of type that is centered
4
The bottom part of the letter sits on the _____.
Table
X-Height
Baseline
5
What is a type widow?
A very short line - one word or the end of a hyphenated word
a long line in a sentence that sticks out in the paragraph
a short font type
6
In typography, what is hierarchy?
Maslow's pyramid
Uppercase & lowercase letters
Used to guide/direct the eye where to go next on the page
7
What is a descender in typography?
when the elevator goes down the shaft
The part of the letter that rises above the x-height
The part of the letter that falls beneath the baseline
8
The first printed letters were fashioned after Monk lettering and called?
Didot
American Gothic
Blackletter
9
In the business world, comic sans is frowned upon when used in documents?
False
True
10
Sans Serif is font type without serif strokes
False
True
11
What is leading?
Sharpening a pencil
The space between two characters
The distance between two lines of type
12
What are transitional typefaces?
They are a mixture of old and modern styles put together.
A serif typeface that changes to sans-serif
They are typefaces that are italicized
Typefaces that move from one position to another
13
What is tracking?
The space between two lines of type
The overall spacing between all characters in a line
The space between two characters
14
What is typography?
A type of font
The study of fonts.
the art and technique of designing font types.

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