Web-Design Quiz

Webdesign Quiz

Short-answer Research Assignment

1.What happens to the "search-ability" and "access-ability" of your web pages if you set your type using Photoshop or Flash?

Ask Google the Best Search Engine.

2.List all the standard HTML typefaces you can use in web publishing for mac and also for Windows PC.

Windows fonts / Mac fonts / Font family

Normal style	Bold style
Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif	Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif	Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif
Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS, cursive	Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS, cursive
Courier New, Courier New, mono-space	Courier New, Courier New, mono-space
Georgia, Georgia, serif	Georgia, Georgia, serif
Impact, Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif	Impact, Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif
Lucida Console, Monaco, monospace	Lucida Console, Monaco, monospace
Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif	Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif
Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif	Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif
Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif	Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif
Times New Roman, Times New Roman, Times, serif	Times New Roman, Times New Roman, Times, serif
Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif	Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif
Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif	Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif
Symbol, Symbol (Symbol, Symbol)	Symbol, Symbol (Symbol, Symbol)
Webdings, Webdings (Webdings, Webdings)	Webdings, Webdings (Webdings, Webdings)
Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats(Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats)	Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats(Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats)
MS Sans Serif, Geneva, sans-serif	MS Sans Serif, Geneva, sans-serif
MS Serif, New York, serif	MS Serif, New York, serif

Source:http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

3.List all the things you can do to a typeface using html (hint: bold is one variation, there are 8 altogether)

Bold,Italic,Underline,Size,Style,Color,Align,Centre,Align Right and weight.

4.List all the things you can do to type using CSS (cascading style sheets).

font-family

font-size

font-weight

font-style

font-variant

text-transform

text-decoration

font

5.List free online 3 tools that can help you visualize how a typeface looks on a web page.

1. Css Txt

2. CSS Type

3. Font Tester

6.What's aliased type? What's anti-aliased type?

Aliasing--jagged edges that make type looks cheesy on-screen.

Anti-aliasing is a system whereby the edges of letters use shades between the color of the type and the color of the background. It makes text look fuzzy.

7.What's so good about the @font-face html tag?

The <font> tag specifies the font face, font size, and font color of text.

Summary 

This lesson introduced you to typography. The character of typefaces affects how and where you use them. Practice and study is the key to getting "a feel for type".