Deck 5: Web Typography

Question 1

As more users access the web using smaller devices, type design becomes less important.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

____ fonts have strokes that finish the top and bottom of each letter.

A) Times
B) Sans-serif
C) Serif
D) Block

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Including text as graphics means users cannot search for that text.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The font-family property only allows you state a generic font-family name such as sans-serif.

Question 5

Negative values for the text-indent property let you create a hanging indent.

Question 6

In CSS, the em unit is equal to the font size of an element.

Question 7

In general, ____ text on a ____ background is easiest to read.

A) lighter; light
B) light; dark
C) darker; dark
D) dark; light

Question 8

In strict typography terms, a font is the name of the type, such as Times New Roman or Futura Condensed.

Question 9

You should always include fallback values in case the browser has a problem downloading  the primary font.

Question 10

____ values are always relative to another value.

A) Pixel
B) Point
C) Percentage
D) Absolute

Question 11

Which unit is equal to the height of the lowercase x in any given font?

A) ex
B) pica
C) em
D) inch

Question 12

If you design your pages using a font that your user does not have installed, the browser defaults to ____ on a Macintosh.

A) Arial
B) Times
C) Verdana
D) Courier

Question 13

Which of the following became a W3C Recommendation in 2012 and offers a single interoperable format for web fonts?

A) WOFF
B) CSS3
C) Times
D) SERIF

Question 14

You generally want to use absolute units for web pages because they can be scaled to an individual user's display type.

Question 15

The ____ is a printing measurement, traditionally equal to the horizontal length of the capital M in any given font size.

A) ex
B) pica
C) em
D) point

Question 16

The computer screen has a higher resolution than the printed page, making fonts that are legible on paper easier to read on-screen.

Question 17

When you work with type, which of the following is NOT a principle to follow for creating an effective design?

A) Choose fewer fonts and sizes
B) Use available fonts
C) Design for legibility
D) Use text as graphics

Question 18

Designing for the web restricts your ____ choices to those that your users have installed on their computers.

A) font size
B) font
C) color
D) letter

Question 19

Which type of font is a fixed-width font?

A) cursive
B) serif
C) sans-serif
D) monospace

Question 20

Don't use the line-height property because it will usually decrease the legibility of your text.

Question 21

The numeric values for font weight express nine levels of weight from ____.

A) 1 to 9
B) 10 to 90
C) 100 to 900
D) 1000 to 9000

Question 22

The ___________ unit is is equal to the font size of an element but is relative only to the root element of the document.

Question 23

Using the font-family property, a list of fonts separated by a comma provides which of the following?

A) defaults
B) variations
C) fallbacks
D) styles

Question 24

___________ fonts are designed to resemble handwriting.

Question 25

A(n) ___________ unit is equal to the size of an element.

Question 26

The CSS specification recommends a scaling factor of ____ between font sizes for the computer display.

A) 1.1
B) 1.2
C) 1.3
D) 1.5

Question 27

The ____ property lets you specify italic or oblique text.

A) font-style
B) font-family
C) font-size
D) font-variant

Question 28

Which property lets you replace the standard list symbol with an image of your choice?

A) bullet-style-image
B) list-image-style
C) list-style-image
D) list-design-symbol

Question 29

The ____ vertical-align property value raises the baseline of the box to the proper position for superscripts of the parent's box.

A) text-top
B) top
C) sub
D) super

Question 30

Which font size values depend entirely on the user's screen resolution?

A) pixels
B) percentage
C) ems
D) points

Question 31

___________ is the name of a type family such as Times Roman or Futura Condensed.

Question 32

Which property lets you expand or compress the font face?

A) font-size-adjust
B) font-stretch
C) text-expand
D) text-height

Question 33

Which property lets you specify the most common font properties in a single statement?

A) font-style
B) font
C) font-prop
D) font-variant

Question 34

What type of font names should you use to ensure greater portability across browsers and operating systems?

A) generic
B) specific
C) CSS
D) style

Question 35

Which font family is primarily decorative?

A) cursive
B) fantasy
C) sans-serif
D) monospace

Question 36

Which white-space property value preserves white space, causing lines to not wrap unless there is a < br > element?

A) nowrap
B) pre
C) normal
D) pre-wrap

Question 37

Which of the following code samples transforms the case of an < h1 > element to uppercase?

A) h1 {text-transform: uppercase;}
B) h1 {text-transform: to-upper;}
C) text-transform {h1: uppercase;}
D) upper {text-transform: h1;}

Question 38

Which font property lets you define small capitals, which are often used for chapter openings, acronyms, and other special purposes?

A) font-style
B) font-family
C) font-size
D) font-variant

Question 39

Which property lets you adjust the white space between letters?

A) letter-spacing
B) text-spacing
C) text-indent
D) text-align

Question 40

___________ is the white space between lines of text.

Question 41

The ____________ element is equal to the larger measurement of vw or vh.

Question 42

What is a font fallback and how do you specify one?

Question 43

The viewport __________________ lengths are relative to the size of the device viewport window used to display your web page.

Question 44

___________ is a relative measurement value that is scalable based on the user's default font size.

Question 45

____________ font families are commonly used to mimic typewritten text or for programming code.

Question 46

List the four principles for creating an effective web site design when considering typefaces.

Question 47

The ___________ form of a typeface is simply normal text slanted to the right.

Question 48

What are the five generic font families? Describe each briefly. 

Question 49

What is the font property and how do you use it?

Question 50

Describe the concept of absolute units and relative units. Specifically describe the em and ex units.