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Font Style Examples:◦ Bold◦ Italic ◦ Underline

Font Size Examples:◦ Points

8 pt (can be smaller) 10 pt 12 pt

Serif fonts:◦ Example: Times New Roman

Has decorative lines or curves Considered easier to read

San Serif Fonts:◦ Example: Arial

Has a cleaner look No lines or curves Typically used for documents with a lot of text

Left-Aligned◦ Text is lined up at the left margin and ragged on

the right margin Centered

◦ Text is equal from the both edges of the page Right-Aligned

◦ Text is lined up at the right margin Justified

◦ Text is aligned at both the left and right margins

Fonts that have different widths for different characters have proportional spacing.

The space that separates blocks of text and other elements on a page or screen is known as white space.

Monospaced characters in a font all have the same width

The amount of space between characters is specified by tracking.

Characters that use the text format called outlining have a hollow look.

A number, letter, or symbol appearing slightly above the character next to it is a superscript. Example: s

Provide high quality text for both screen display and printing◦ Examples:

TrueType PostScript OpenType

Masthead-title area of a newspaper, Website, or journal

File Format refers to the way a document is saved on a disk

A text format is .rtf The default file format for:

◦ Microsoft Word - .doc◦ Excel - .xls◦ PowerPoint – ppt.

Bullet: A small graphic symbol used to distinguish items in a list

Presentation: A series of slides with or without animation and audio

Kiosk: A stand-alone display unit for giving information or for advertising

Anti-Aliasing: Using software to smooth jagged edges of a font or graphic

A web page may include◦ Hyertext◦ Running text ◦ Headline text

Complex and lenghty documents are best created with desktop publishing programs.