Art 243 / Type 1 / Midterm Review

MID TERM QUIZ REVIEW

DATE: TUESDAY 10/16/12

What civilization and in which century is responsible for initially developing characters/shapes for sounds?

What civilization and in which century is responsible for creating characters/type in forms that we know it today?

What is Blackletter type?

Guttenberg – what is his significance. What year?

What are illuminated manuscripts?

What do the terms upper and lower case derive from?

Define the difference between a typeface and a font?

What was the reason for the rise in display typefaces and in what decade?

Be able to understand the differences both historically and visually between humanist/oldstyle, modern, and egyptian/slab serif typefaces.

Be able to understand the differences both historically and visually between humanist sans serif, transitional sans serif, and geometric sans serif.

Type families – identify the common names for variations within a family.

Define Kerning

Define Tracking

Define Line Spacing/Leading

Parts of a Letter:

Define Parts of a Letter according to the book classifications on anatomy:

http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/contents/letter/#Anatomy

Points vs Picas