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1. The only good fonts out there are ones you can buy.
True or false?
2. Is Comic Sans MS a good font or bad font (for everyday use)?
3. What are the two fonts that are set as the "Headings" and "Body" in Microsoft Word 2010 (and possibly 2007)?
4. What was the font from Microsoft Word 2003 that was the 'default' font?
5. Vincent Connaire designed the font Comic Sans MS. True or false?
6. Comic Sans and one other very well known font were created by the same person. What is that other well-known font?
7. Why was Comic Sans created?
8. Name ten fonts off the top of your head. (Must fit into at least three categories--e.g. serif, sans serif, script, old-style, kids, etc.)
9. Since the creator of Comic Sans worked for Microsoft, obviously Apple wanted to create a similar copy of Comic Sans for its own computers. What was that font called?
10. Are Helvetica and Arial the same thing?
11. Which font was created first - Helvetica or Arial?
12. Name one pair (could be three, four, five as well) of fonts that are very similar (like Helvetica and Arial) except you must exclude Arial/Helvetica and come up with your own.
13. Name a variation of Helvetica.
14. When people are talking about fonts and they refer to the name "font weight", what do they usually mean? What are some "font weight" terms? (Such as the actual font weights).
15. Name one or the other: What font does Microsoft use (2013)? What font does Apple use (2013)? Are the two fonts similar or different?
16. Name a "Kids" font (other than Comic Sans, if that even qualifies).
17. Name three or more types of Garamond.
18. Name four or more typewriter-style fonts.
19. Name three or more script fonts.
Answers
1. False. Some of the best fonts are free, actually!
2. Bad! No, HORRBILE!
3. Calibri and Cambria.
4. Times New Roman.
5. Vincent Connaire did not design Comic Sans MS. Vincent Connare did.
6. Trebuchet MS.
7. Comic Sans was created to replace Times New Roman as the font in Microsoft Bob.
8. N/A (10 Example Fonts: Delicious, Garamond, Honey Script, Bobsmade, Eraser, Segoe UI, Adobe Garamond Pro, Comic Sans MS, BPreplay, Cambria)
9.
10. No. Arial and Helvetica are almost identical except for the uppercase R and a few other characters.
11. Helvetica. Arial is a copy of Helvetica.
12. N/A (example: Avant Garde and Century Gothic; Twentieth Century Monotype (Tw Cen MT) and Futura.)
13. N/A (example: Helvetica Neue Condensed)
14. They are talking about if the font appears heavy or light. Some examples of "font weight" include black, light, medium and book.
15. Microsoft uses the Segoe Family (Segoe UI Semibold, Segoe UI, Segoe UI Light, etc.) and Apple uses the Myriad Family (Myriad Pro, Myriad Pro Semibold, Myriad Pro Condensed, etc.)
16. N/A (example: Simple Kind of Girl (Vanessa Bays), DK Crayon Crumble)
17. N/A (example: Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond 3, Garamond 3 Pro Roman, Garamond 3 URW)
18. N/A (example: Veteran Typewriter, Traveling Typewriter, Courier New, Carbon Type)
19. N/A (example: Honey Script, Liza Text/Display Pro, KG Eyes Wide Open, Janda Script)
20.
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