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2.1 Different Text Attributes

Font a set of printable or displayable text characters in

a specific style and size Typeface

the type design for a set of fonts

ArialArialTimes New RomanTimes New RomanCourierCourier

ArialArialTimes New RomanTimes New RomanCourierCourier

2.1 Different Text Attributes

A typeface family may contain a number of fonts

Arial typeface family

ArialArialArial BlackArial BlackArial NarrowArial NarrowArial Unicode MSArial Unicode MS

ArialArialArial BlackArial BlackArial NarrowArial NarrowArial Unicode MSArial Unicode MS

Find the number of fonts of Lucida family.

2.1 Different Text Attributes

Font typefaces are either Serif

for decoration enhance readability e.g. Times New Roman

Sans serif without decoration --- “serif” clean and simple e.g. Arial

A ASerif

Sans serif

2.1.1 Typeface (Cont’d)

Find two others fonts that are Serif and two that are Sans Serif.

Book Antiqua, Courier Arial, Tahoma

2.1.3 Font Style

Bold, italic and underline are common type stylesstyles of a font.

Boldface ShadowShadow

Italics EmbossEmboss

Underline EngraveEngraveDifferent font styles for Times New Roman

2.1.4 Font Size

Font sizes are usually expressed in points.

One point is about 1/72 inch.

FontFont size (in points)

2.1 Different Text Attributes

Font Size On web pages, font sizes are specified either on,

an absolute scale of 1 to 7, or a relative scale of -1 to +7

2.2 Text Layout

Text Layout The arrangement of text in a document

Alignment

2.2 Text Layout

Line spacing

single line spacing

1.5 line spacing

double line spacing

In using a word processor, which of the following may affect the number of lines in a document?

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A. Changing the margins of the documentB. Changing the line spacingC. Changing the justification of the textD. Underlining the text

Activity

Make a Poster using MS Word (A4 size, 1 page)• Your poster should include as much text format as possible.• Your poster should include some photos.• Submit your poster to Mr. Lam’s netdrive

account.

2.3 Different Text File Formats

2.3 Different Text File Formats

Plain Text File (TXT) contains only ASCII characters little or no page formatting codes

Notepad

2.3 Different Text File Formats

Word Processing Document (DOC) produced by Microsoft word processor contain plain text together with formatting codes

Microsoft Word Document (DOC)

OpenOffice document (ODT)

www.openoffice.org

2.3 Different Text File Formats

Rich Text Format (RTF) exchange documents across different

platforms preserve all (most) formatting features at the

same time

2.3 Different Text File Formats Portable Document Format (PDF)

preserve all the fonts, images, graphics, and layout of the source document.

For sharing documents Difficult to edit Smaller file size

2.3 Different Text File Formats

HTML Document Can be created using

Web authoring software Word processors Notepad

To view the document, use browsers such as

Internet Explorer Netscape Browser FireFox

2.4 Conversions of Text File Formats

Word processorFile type

Microsoft WordOpenOffice.org 2.

0 Writer

Plain Text File (TXT)

Import

Export

Word Processing Document (DOC)

Import

Export

Rich Text Format (RTF)

Import

Export

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Import

Export

HTML Document (HTML)

Import

Export

2.4 Conversions of Text File Formats

Word processorFile type

WordPad NotepadPDF995

Suite

Plain Text File (TXT)

Import

Export

Word Processing Document (DOC)

Import

Export

Rich Text Format (RTF)

Import

Export

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Import

Export

HTML Document (HTML)

Import

Export

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