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.Because the web is still about 95% typography. Readable text is essential to good user experience and accessibility.I really can't make myself care about it, sorry. Is a font the same as a typeface?*Who cares?NoYes What if I accidentally say 'font' when I should say 'typeface'?*You will go to typographical hell.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. What's the difference between readability and legibility?*Readability is the ease of reading individual letters. Legibility is the ease of reading long chunks of textThey're the same thingLegibility is the ease of reading individual letters. Readability is the ease of reading long chunks of text What's the best alignment for readability?*Justified alignmentLeft alignmentCentred alignment Is it ok to use all caps on the web?*It's fine, just use the cap locks on your keyboardIt's best only for short sentences or titles, with the correct mark-up and CSSIt's good for children's publications as that's how children first learn how to read What's the difference between tracking and kerning?*Tracking is the spacing between all the characters in a word or a block of text; kerning is the spacing between two letters onlyKerning is the spacing between all the characters in a word or a block of text; tracking is the spacing between two letters onlyI have absolutely no idea what you're talking about Is leading the same as line-height?*NoWhateverYes What's a good rule of thumb for setting line height?*Between 1.3x and 1.75x of the type sizeBetween 2x and 3x of the type size2em will always work What's a 'widow' in typography?*It's a single line at the bottom of a page/column, at the beginning of a paragraphIt's a single line at the top of a new page/column, at the end of a paragraphIt's a lone word at the end of a paragraph What's 'x-height' in type anatomy?*The height of the lowercase letter 'x' from the baseline to the topI don't know, does it matter?The parameter for calculating line height in CSS And finally, the bang at the end: What's an interrobang?*A punctuation mark to express incredulityNothing. You just made it upA KGB interrogation technique during the Cold War
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