Questions & Answers
Browse all 20 questions from the
Fun with Letters and Fonts study set below.
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1
What do we call the style or look of a set of letters?
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A
A font
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B
A number
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C
A drawing
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D
A sound
2
Which of these is an example of a letter?
3
What is the very first letter of the English alphabet?
4
What do we call the little marks that show where to stop reading, like a period or a comma?
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A
Pictures
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B
Punctuation
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C
Colours
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D
Shapes
5
Letters that are slanted to the right are called what?
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A
Italic
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B
Bold
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C
Square
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D
Huge
6
What do you call a very thick and heavy style of letters?
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A
Thin
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B
Bold
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C
Invisible
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D
Small
7
What is the name for the tiny 'feet' sometimes found on the ends of letters?
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A
Shoes
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B
Serifs
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C
Toes
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D
Gloves
8
Which of these is a lowercase letter?
9
What do we call a person who designs the look of letters and fonts?
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A
A chef
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B
A doctor
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C
A typographer
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D
A pilot
10
If you want to make a letter look very big, what are you changing?
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A
The size
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B
The smell
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C
The flavour
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D
The weight
11
Which tool was used in the past to push ink onto paper to create letters?
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A
A printing press
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B
A toaster
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C
A vacuum
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D
A hair dryer
12
What is the shape of the letter 'O' similar to?
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A
A square
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B
A circle
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C
A triangle
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D
A star
13
What do we call the space between two words on a page?
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A
A gap
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B
A puddle
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C
A mountain
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D
A river
14
What do we call all the letters from A to Z?
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A
The alphabet
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B
The numbers
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C
The calendar
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D
The weather
15
Which letter comes right after 'B'?
16
What do we use to write letters by hand?
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A
A pencil
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B
A hammer
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C
A saw
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D
A spoon
17
What is the name of the dot used at the end of a sentence?
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A
A period
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B
A triangle
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C
A cloud
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D
A box
18
If a font has no 'feet' or 'serifs', it is often called what?
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A
Sans-serif
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B
Curly
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C
Bumpy
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D
Hairy
19
What shape is the letter 'L' most similar to?
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A
A circle
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B
A corner
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C
A ball
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D
A donut
20
Which of these is a capital letter?
