Adobe Name _____________________________________

Typography Presentation Review

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INSTRUCTIONS: Use the information from the presentation to help you answer the following

questions and complete the other written activities.

1. ___________________________ plays an important role in how audiences perceive your

document and its information.

2. Good design is about:

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3. Typography creates relationships between different types of information, both

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4. List the four design principles for typography:

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5. Legibility is a combination of what four factors?

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6. Explain the difference between “serif” and “sans serif” fonts.

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7. Why should you refrain from using text sizes above 14 points?

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8. What happens if letters, words, or lines are too close together?

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9. What happens if letters, words, or lines are too far apart?

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10. Why is “left-aligned” text most legible?

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11. Why is “centered” text hard to read?

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12. What does “aligned text” create?

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13. How can you maintain “uniformity”?

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14. How can you create contrast?

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15. What does “tracking” refer to?

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