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Typography Basics for Students

Typography

Essential knowledge about fonts, typefaces, and text layout.

design education typography

12 Questions Easy Ages 13+ Jul 22, 2026

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1 What is the term for the small decorative strokes found at the ends of character stems in some typefaces?

A Serif
B Sans-serif
C Kerning
D Leading

2 Which term refers to the vertical space between lines of text?

A Tracking
B Leading
C Alignment
D Glyph

3 What does the term 'Sans-serif' literally mean?

A With curves
B Without serifs
C Bold weight
D Decorative style

4 Which unit of measurement is most commonly used in digital typography to define font size?

A Centimeters
B Points
C Inches
D Millimetres

5 What is the name for the adjustment of space between two specific individual characters?

A Kerning
B Justification
C Baseline
D Hierarchy

6 In typography, what is a 'typeface'?

A A printing press
B A specific design of characters
C The thickness of paper
D A digital image file

7 Which font style is characterized by slanted characters used for emphasis?

A Bold
B Underline
C Italic
D Small caps

8 What is the 'baseline' in typography?

A The top of the capital letters
B The bottom edge of the letter 'g'
C The invisible line on which characters sit
D The space between words

9 What term describes the overall thickness of the strokes in a typeface?

A Weight
B Posture
C Width
D Cap height

10 Which of these is considered a 'display' typeface, typically used for headlines rather than long body text?

A Helvetica
B Arial
C Impact
D Times New Roman

11 What is the 'x-height' of a typeface?

A The height of capital letters
B The height of lowercase letters excluding ascenders and descenders
C The width of the letter X
D The total height of the font

12 What is 'tracking' in typography?

A The distance between two letters
B The overall spacing between all characters in a block of text
C The slant of the letters
D The thickness of the font

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