desktop publishing - part 4
1) Yes or No: Should you examine the work of professionals to evaluate their design
strategies and spur your own creativity?
a. Yes
b. No
2) Yes or No: Should you use a page size other than a multiple of 8 1⁄2 ” x 11” without
asking your printer about the practicality of your choice?
a. Yes
b. No
3) Yes or No: Should you base your page layouts on a grid?
a. Yes
b. No
4) Yes or No: Should you make white space an integral part of your format?
a. Yes
b. No
5) Yes or No: Should you keep internal white space consistent?
a. Yes
b. No
6) Yes or No: Should you overcrowd a layout with too much content?
a. Yes
b. No
7) Yes or No: Should you use columns for easier reading?
a. Yes
b. No
8) Yes or No: Should you create style sheets for most projects?
a. Yes
b. No
9) Yes or No: Should you be tempted to use too many fonts in a publication?
a. Yes
b. No
10) Yes or No: Should you select a type size to fit your column width?
a. Yes
b. No
11) Yes or No: Should you select an italic, bold-weight or reverse typeface for large blocks of text?
a. Yes
b. No
12) Yes or No: Should you use justified text columns if your lines of type create obvious gaps between words?
a. Yes
b. No
13) Yes or No: Should you use some hyphens?
a. Yes
b. No
14) Yes or No: Should you select a headline type and size that offers an obviouscontrast with body copy?
a. Yes
b. No
15) Yes or No: Should you use all-caps as a rule?
a. Yes
b. No
16) Yes or No: Should you be consistent in using flush left, centered or flush rightheadlines?
a. Yes
b. No
17) Yes or No: Should you use kerning to adjust headline letter spacing for a more pleasing appearance?
a. Yes
b. No
18) Yes or No: Should you close that leading in your headlines?
a. Yes
b. No
19) Yes or No: Should you use subheads to break long expanses of body copy?
a. Yes
b. No
20) Yes or No: Should you include pull-quotes in a project to heighten reader interest break solid text areas?
a. Yes
b. No
21) Yes or No: Should you use too many photos or graphics?
a. Yes
b. No
22) Yes or No: Should you re-size or crop your photo or graphic correctly?
a. Yes
b. No
23) Yes or No: Should you use boxes and simple borders to organize special content
for the reader?
a. Yes
b. No
24) Which option is used to compress text horizontally by some percentage of the current size?
a. Spacing
b. Scale
c. Kerning
d. Sub-scripting
25) To stretch a short title of a paper across the page, use the ____________ option.
a. Expanded
b. Proportional
c. Scale
d. Horizontal alignment
strategies and spur your own creativity?
a. Yes
b. No
2) Yes or No: Should you use a page size other than a multiple of 8 1⁄2 ” x 11” without
asking your printer about the practicality of your choice?
a. Yes
b. No
3) Yes or No: Should you base your page layouts on a grid?
a. Yes
b. No
4) Yes or No: Should you make white space an integral part of your format?
a. Yes
b. No
5) Yes or No: Should you keep internal white space consistent?
a. Yes
b. No
6) Yes or No: Should you overcrowd a layout with too much content?
a. Yes
b. No
7) Yes or No: Should you use columns for easier reading?
a. Yes
b. No
8) Yes or No: Should you create style sheets for most projects?
a. Yes
b. No
9) Yes or No: Should you be tempted to use too many fonts in a publication?
a. Yes
b. No
10) Yes or No: Should you select a type size to fit your column width?
a. Yes
b. No
11) Yes or No: Should you select an italic, bold-weight or reverse typeface for large blocks of text?
a. Yes
b. No
12) Yes or No: Should you use justified text columns if your lines of type create obvious gaps between words?
a. Yes
b. No
13) Yes or No: Should you use some hyphens?
a. Yes
b. No
14) Yes or No: Should you select a headline type and size that offers an obviouscontrast with body copy?
a. Yes
b. No
15) Yes or No: Should you use all-caps as a rule?
a. Yes
b. No
16) Yes or No: Should you be consistent in using flush left, centered or flush rightheadlines?
a. Yes
b. No
17) Yes or No: Should you use kerning to adjust headline letter spacing for a more pleasing appearance?
a. Yes
b. No
18) Yes or No: Should you close that leading in your headlines?
a. Yes
b. No
19) Yes or No: Should you use subheads to break long expanses of body copy?
a. Yes
b. No
20) Yes or No: Should you include pull-quotes in a project to heighten reader interest break solid text areas?
a. Yes
b. No
21) Yes or No: Should you use too many photos or graphics?
a. Yes
b. No
22) Yes or No: Should you re-size or crop your photo or graphic correctly?
a. Yes
b. No
23) Yes or No: Should you use boxes and simple borders to organize special content
for the reader?
a. Yes
b. No
24) Which option is used to compress text horizontally by some percentage of the current size?
a. Spacing
b. Scale
c. Kerning
d. Sub-scripting
25) To stretch a short title of a paper across the page, use the ____________ option.
a. Expanded
b. Proportional
c. Scale
d. Horizontal alignment
Answers:
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. A
19. A
20. A
21. B
22. A
23. A
24. B
25. A
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. A
19. A
20. A
21. B
22. A
23. A
24. B
25. A