Typography Interview Question-Answer

Q.1 A lone word at the end of a block of text is called _______.

       A. Ligature

       B. Widow

       C. River

       D. Orphan

Ans : Widow


Q.2 __________ has a lighter stroke than the regular style.

       A. Bold

       B. Light

       C. Extended

       D. Regular

       E. Italic

       F. Condensed

Ans : Light


Q.3 A wider version of the regular style is called __________.

       A. Bold

       B. Light

       C. Extended

       D. Regular

       E. Italic

       F. Condensed

Ans : Extended


Q.4 __________ is the basic style of typeface that is most commonly used for body text.

       A. Bold

       B. Light

       C. Extended

       D. Regular

       E. Italic

       F. Condensed

Ans : Regular


Q.5 Different typefaces with the same point size can have different x-heights.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.6 Helvetica is a serif font.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : False


Q.7 _______ is the white space formed between the words of a justified body text.

       A. Orphan

       B. Widow

       C. River

       D. Ligature

Ans : River


Q.8 ______ is the space between letters and varies per character to create comfortable looking typography.

       A. Kerning

       B. Leading

       C. Word spacing

       D. Tracking

Ans : Kerning


Q.9 Which text alignment has the line extending from the left to the right margin with varying space between the words?

       A. Right

       B. Left

       C. Justified

       D. Center

Ans : Justified


Q.10 The orientation of a curved character is called __________.

       A. Leg

       B. Stress

       C. Link

       D. Finial

Ans : Stress


Q.11 The part of a letter which falls below the baseline is called __________.

       A. Apex

       B. Ascender

       C. Descender

       D. Bowl

Ans : Descender


Q.12 The characters that are aligned with the ascender line are called __________.

       A. Descender Script

       B. Subscript

       C. Ascender Script

       D. Superscript

Ans : Superscript


Q.13 A stroke that joins two parts of a letter is called __________.

       A. Link

       B. Finial

       C. Leg

       D. Ear

Ans : Link


Q.14 Which text alignment has the text wrapped around an image?

       A. Justified

       B. Asymmetric

       C. Center

       D. Runaround

Ans : Runaround


Q.15 The final one or two lines of a paragraph which break to form a new column is called _______.

       A. Widow

       B. River

       C. Ligature

       D. Orpdow

Ans : Widow


Q.16 The space inside a bowl is called __________.

       A. Beak

       B. Counter

       C. Bracket

       D. Barb

Ans : Counter


Q.17 The joining of two or three separate characters to form a single unit to avoid interference is called _______.

       A. Widow

       B. Ligature

       C. Orphan

       D. River

Ans : Ligature


Q.18 Serifs help the eye while reading a sentence.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.19 The distance between two baselines on consecutive lines of text is called ______.

       A. Word spacing

       B. Kerning

       C. Leading

       D. Tracking

Ans : Leading


Q.20 __________ is the basic unit of absolute typographic measurement.

       A. En

       B. Em

       C. Pica

       D. Point

Ans : Point


Q.21 The horizontal stroke that intersects the central stem is called __________.

       A. CrossBar

       B. Leg

       C. Ear

       D. Finial

Ans : CrossBar


Q.22 The horizontal position of a type is called _________.

       A. Kerning

       B. Leading

       C. Alignment

       D. Word spacing

Ans : Alignment


Q.23 The fonts without a serif are known as __________.

       A. Ornamental

       B. Digital

       C. Serif

       D. Sans-Serif

Ans : Sans-Serif


Q.24 The distance between the baseline and ascender line is called __________.

       A. Cap height

       B. Ascender height

       C. Descender height

       D. x-height

Ans : Ascender height


Q.25 The height of capital letters or the distance between the baseline and cap line is called __________.

       A. Cap height

       B. Ascender height

       C. x-height

       D. Descender height

Ans : Cap height


Q.26 A stroke that joints two other letter parts is called as

       A. Ear

       B. Bowl

       C. Link

Ans : Link


Q.27 Serif strokes help to lead the eye while reading a sentence.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : True


Q.28 Leading is the space between two letters.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : False


Q.29 Different typefaces with the same point size can have different x-heights.

       A. True

       B. False

Ans : False


Q.30 A lone word at the end of a block of text is called as

       A. widow

       B. orphan

Ans : widow


Q.31 Which text alignment has the text takes shape of a concrete object?

       A. Classification Clustering

       B. Justified

       C. Concrete

Ans : Concrete


Q.32 The physical means used to create a typeface in the real world is called as

       A. Font

       B. FontFace

       C. TypeFace

Ans : Font


Q.33 ___’ is the space between letters and varies per character to create a comfortable looking typography.

       A. Kerning

       B. Leading

       C. Tracking

Ans : Kerning


Q.34 A curving stroke of ‘S’ is called as

       A. Link

       B. Spine

Ans : Spine


Q.35 The fonts that have a small stroke at the end of main horizontal or vertical stroke is called as

       A. San Serif

       B. Serif

Ans : Serif


Q.36 The angle formed at the bottom of a letter when strokes meet is called as

       A. Filial

       B. Vertex

       C. crest

Ans : Vertex


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