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O About Fonts and Faces (Vaughan,2011 ):
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Typeface family of graphic characters that includes type sizes and styles Font a collection of characters of a single size and style belonging to a type face Font styles boldface and italic Font sizes - represented as one point or 1/72 of an inch Leading computer fonts automatically add space below the descender Kerning spacing between character pairs
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O Four categories:
O Serif - short decorative tips at the end of the stroke
Decorative - the letters have a unique style that sets it apart, having an artistic design element incorporated into the lettering.
Serif
O Examples
O Bell MT O Bodoni MT
San Serif
O Examples
O Arial O Tahoma
O Chaparral Pro
O Geneva
Script
O Examples
O Bradley Hand ITC O Brush Script MT
Decorative
O Examples
O Chiller O Old English
O Edwardian Script
the information.
O To make the type stand out or more legible,
concepts.
References
O TEA (2011). Career and Technology Education
Principles of Information Curriculum. Retrieved from http://cte.unt.edu/it/curriculum/principles O Vaughan, T. (2011). Multimedia: Making It Work. Publisher: McGraw-Hill.