Graphics: Type Contrasts

Name: ________________ Hour: ______

Please read the article titled Type Contrasts. Answer the questions on this page using the
space provided. Make sure I can read your writing. Turn your answers in to the cardboard box.

1) What is the focus of this article?

2) List the six ways to contrast type?

3) Give an example of how to effectively contrast type using size?

4) Why does the author recommend that you not use all caps?

5) What does the weight of a typeface refer to?

6) How do you use weight to organize information on a page (like a newsletter)?

7) What kind of type contrast refers to how a letter is built?

8) True or False: To create type contrast using structure you should use typefaces from different
categories.

9) True of False: According to the author, you should never put two typefaces from the same
category on the same page because they have too many similarities.

10) In the example soup to nuts how does the author get the three sans serif typefaces to work
well together?

11) The ______________________ of a letter refers to its shape.

12) Give an example of type that has the same structure but distinctly different forms or shapes?

13) In any typeface, what does the word roman mean?

14) Describe how direction is used to create type contrast on page 161.

15) Describe how color can be used to create a type contrast (see pages 164 and 167).

16) Write a paragraph describing what you learned by reading this article. Use the back of this
page.