Step 1 of 13 7% Happy to have you here taking this short quiz! You will test your knowledge and possibly even learn some new things you didn't know about the world of typography. Have fun! Why should you care about typography?* It will make your website get to the first page for your search term on Google. I really can't make myself care about it, sorry. Because the web is still about 95% typography. Readable text is essential to good user experience and accessibility. Is a font the same as a typeface?* No Yes Who cares? What if I accidentally say 'font' when I should say 'typeface'?* Why would I talk about typography anyway? It's fine, we're in the digital age anyway and now the two terms have become more or less equivalent. You will go to typographical hell. What's the difference between readability and legibility?* They're the same thing Legibility is the ease of reading individual letters. Readability is the ease of reading long chunks of text Readability is the ease of reading individual letters. Legibility is the ease of reading long chunks of text What's the best alignment for readability?* Left alignment Centred alignment Justified alignment Is it ok to use all caps on the web?* It's fine, just use the cap locks on your keyboard It's best only for short sentences or titles, with the correct mark-up and CSS It's good for children's publications as that's how children first learn how to read What's the difference between tracking and kerning?* Kerning is the spacing between all the characters in a word or a block of text; tracking is the spacing between two letters only Tracking is the spacing between all the characters in a word or a block of text; kerning is the spacing between two letters only I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about Is leading the same as line-height?* Yes Whatever No What's a good rule of thumb for setting line height?* 2em will always work Between 1.3x and 1.75x of the type size Between 2x and 3x of the type size What's a 'widow' in typography?* It's a single line at the bottom of a page/column, at the beginning of a paragraph It's a single line at the top of a new page/column, at the end of a paragraph It's a lone word at the end of a paragraph What's 'x-height' in type anatomy?* The parameter for calculating line height in CSS I don't know, does it matter? The height of the lowercase letter 'x' from the baseline to the top And finally, the bang at the end: What's an interrobang?* Nothing. You just made it up A KGB interrogation technique during the Cold War A punctuation mark to express incredulity
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