Practice

Typography and Alignment Practice

Answer the following questions.

  1. Which of the following types is the largest?
    1. display type
    2. agate type
    3. body type
    4. none of these

    Answer: A. display type

  2. Which of the following is used for sports statistics and classified ads?
    1. display type
    2. agate type
    3. body type
    4. none of these

    Answer: B. agate type

  3. What kind of justification is seen in this text?
    text showing tab indents of the beginning of the paragraph on the first line of text and the following lines of text align to the left side.
    1. right justified
    2. left justified
    3. force alignment
    4. center justified

    Answer: B. left justified

  4. What is the term for an individual letter, piece of punctuation, or space?
    1. font
    2. typography
    3. character
    4. none of these

    Answer: C. character

  5. Which of the following statements is not true?
    1. Newspaper readers expect the type to be easily readable.
    2. Every character within a font set follows the same pattern or look.
    3. Thousands of fonts are available.
    4. Student journalists should not get creative with type.

    Answer: D. Student journalists should not get creative with type. This is false.

  6. What is the term for a large first letter in an article?
    1. pica
    2. justification
    3. drop cap
    4. point

    Answer: C. drop cap

  7. What kind of justification is seen in this text?
    two paragraphs with no tab indents and aligned both left and right
    1. right justified
    2. left justified
    3. force alignment
    4. center justified

    Answer: C. forced alignment

  8. Which of the following is the smallest unit?
    1. point
    2. pica
    3. character
    4. inch

    Answer: A. point

  9. What kind of justification is seen in this text?
    two paragraphs of information centered on the page
    1. right justified
    2. left justified
    3. force alignment
    4. center justified

    Answer: D. center justified

  10. What kind of justification is seen in this text?
    two paragraphs of information aligned to the right side of the page
    1. right justified
    2. left justified
    3. force alignment
    4. center justified

    Answer: A. right justified

Identify the Alignment in the Article

Use the article below. Identify how the following parts are aligned.

Article:

article used to identify different alignments

Alignment:

  • right justified
  • center justified
  • forced alignment
  • left justified

Parts of the article:

  1. heading part of the article, aligned in the middle of the page

    Answer: center justified

  2. quote in the article

    Answer: left justified

  3. name and title of the person who said the quote

    Answer: right justified

  4. column within the article

    Answer: forced alignment

 

 

 

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