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Fonts

Fonts. Communicating Information Documents and Publications. This icon indicates the slide contains activities created in Flash. These activities are not editable. For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation. A type of writing is called a font.

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Fonts

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  1. Fonts Communicating InformationDocuments and Publications This icon indicates the slide contains activities created in Flash. These activities are not editable. For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.

  2. A type of writing is called a font. • There are many different types of fonts. • Each has a name and comes in many sizes. • The font being used here is called Arialand is in size 24. • The bigger the number (called the point size) the bigger the writing. • The colour of a font can be changed.

  3. Dressed for the occasion

  4. Curly or straight Look at the following two fonts: They are similar fonts, but with one main difference: Times New Roman One is a serif type of font. Arial One is asans serif(san-serrif) type of font.

  5. Curly – serif Times New Roman Serifs are the little lines that look like curls at the end of each letter. Examples of serif fonts are:

  6. Straight – sans serif Arial Sans serif fonts have no little lines at the end of each letter. Examples of sans serif fonts are:

  7. Research has shown that serif fonts are easier to read. Therefore, most documents with large areas of text (like a newspaper) useserif fonts. Documents with a small amount of text (like posters) tend to usesans seriffonts.

  8. Curly or straight?

  9. So far we have talked about font: • type • size • colour. Fonts can also take on a different style.

  10. A new look

  11. Summary • There are fonts for all types of occasions. • Fonts can come in different sizes and colours. • There are two types of fonts, serif and sans serif. • The style of fonts can be changed to suit different occasions. What can I remember? The End

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