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Typography

Typography. Multimedia & Webpage Design 1.01 Investigate typefaces and fonts. Have attributes or strokes at the tips of the letters called serifs. Examples:  Bodoni  Courier  Goudy  Times New Roman Used for body text in printed publications.

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Typography

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  1. Typography Multimedia & Webpage Design 1.01 Investigate typefaces and fonts.

  2. Have attributes or strokes at the tips of the letters called serifs. Examples: Bodoni Courier Goudy  Times New Roman Used for body text in printed publications.  Business correspondence  Book text Magazine article text  Newspaper text Newsletter text Recommended sizes for body text are 10 to 12 points. Serif Typefaces k

  3. Serif Typefaces

  4. There are no attributes (serifs) at the tips of the letters. Examples: Arial Gill Sans Berlin SansVerdana Used for very large or very small text and for digital display. Webpages On-screen display Headings  Tables Captions Headlines Sans Serif Typefaces k

  5. Serif vs Sans Serif Typefaces Sans Serif The ends of each character do not have attributes (serifs)

  6. Proportional vs. Monospace

  7. Leading Look in the nook to find the book that you borrowed to read. Leading (vertical spacing between lines of text) Leading (vertical spacing between lines of text)

  8. Tracking Continued • Makes a block of text more open and airy or more dense. • Used to expand or contract a block of text for the purpose of aligning two columns.

  9. Kerning, Leading, Tracking LOOK in the nook to find the book that youborrowed to read. Kerning (horizontal spacing between pairs of letters) Leading (vertical spacing between lines of text) Tracking (horizontal spacing between all characters in a large block of text.

  10. Glossary Sites • www.typenow.net/glossary.htm • www.adobe.com/type/topics/glossary.html • www.typophile.com/wiki/Terminology

  11. Useful Sites • www.identifont.com • www.typeculture.com • www.typographi.com • www.typophile.com • http://www.dubbocoll-m.schools.nsw.edu.au/Training/DTP/DTPtypeface.htm • http://www.x24d.com/blog/?p=34

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