Deck 4: Lettering

Question 1

The use of lettering templates by landscape architects and designers is limited.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Landscape designers commonly use transfer film.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The use of complex styles in lettering is an efficient use of time by the designer.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The spacing between words should be less than that between letters within a word.

Question 5

With the exception of small letters, all letters need vertical line support that straightedges provide.

Question 6

Templates can be time-consuming and create stiff, mechanical looking letters, lacking interest.

Question 7

Using a mix of lettering styles within a single drawing is usually avoided.

Question 8

Many corporations obtain trademark protection for their lettering styles as well as for their names.

Question 9

Clients do not associate the graphic quality of a presentation with the quality of the design.

Question 10

People who do not have good lettering skills look favorably on those who do; therefore, lettering is an important part of the design.

Question 11

What material allows the easy application of graphic material and photocopied items to a drawing?

A) transfer film
B) mounting paper
C) transparency
D) contact paper

Question 12

What is the purpose of guidelines?

A) aid in shaping letters
B) set the size of letters
C) both "aid in shaping letters" and "set the size of letters"
D) none of these answers is correct

Question 13

All letters look better when their vertical alignment is:

A) perpendicular
B) horizontal
C) parallel
D) slanted

Question 14

Which pencil lead is most suitable for drawing guidelines?

A) soft
B) light
C) dark
D) hard

Question 15

What is one of the hallmarks of professionally trained designers?

A) neatness
B) distinctive style of hand lettering
C) computer design graphics
D) use of guidelines

Question 16

Why do some beginning designers fail to master good hand lettering?

A) lack of training
B) poor eye-hand coordination
C) poor instruments
D) impatience

Question 17

Which guideline needs to be lowered to cause the weight of the letter to shift up or down accordingly?

A) first
B) center
C) third
D) fourth

Question 18

Slanted letters are intended to suggest the way most people write; so they slant to the right at about what degree of angle?

A) 45 degrees
B) 60 degrees
C) 90 degrees
D) 30 degrees

Question 19

Which of these is a tool for hand lettering?

A) a compass
B) a protractor
C) Ames guide
D) a T square

Question 20

What lettering method has diminished and the number of manufacturers has declined?

A) lettering templates
B) hand lettering
C) transfer film
D) waxed press-on letters

Question 21

Additional variations in hand lettering styles can be incorporated by _________________________.

Question 22

_________________________ are guides that reproduce the same letter shapes and styles over and over.

Question 23

To minimize smudging pencil lines, the ____________________________ side of the triangle or Ames lettering guide should be on the __________________________.

Question 24

_________________________ is a graphic art that takes much practice but you can set your landscape designs apart from other architects.

Question 25

Technical pens and ____________________ pencils are not suited for use in creating deliberate line width variation.