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Question 1

which are the chevrons?

Answer 1

<x>
</x>

Question 2

if we want to create a PDF file for web use, which font embedding option should be used?

Answer 2

embed only a subset of the characters

Question 3

which should have an en-dash?
a) world-final
b) 5-2=3
c) English-Chinese glossary

Answer 3

only c) English-Chinese glossary

Question 4

which pages of a book have a folio?

Answer 4

all the pages, excluding the front and back covers

Question 5

which is the odd one out?
a) outline
b) bitmap
c) scalable
d) vector

Answer 5

b) bitmap

Question 6

which is a pilcrow?

Answer 6

sing of a new paragraph

Question 7

which of these characters usually has a width of exactly 1 em?
- uppercase M
- ellipsis points
- lowercase m
- lowercase x

Answer 7

ellipsis points

Question 8

what is the difference between a preface and a foreword?

Answer 8

a preface is written by the author, a foreword by someone else

Question 9

which page proportion is recommended for books that contain wide illustrations, side notes, or multiple collumns?

Answer 9

larger than 1:’2

Question 10

which of the following is NOT used to separate paragraphs?

Answer 10

small caps

Question 11

which letter developed from a ligature?

Answer 11

W

Question 12

1 pc. equals

Answer 12

12 pt.

Question 13

which of the following is false regarding OpenType fonts?

Answer 13

they ate limited to 256 characters

Question 14

what is the recommended point size for the main text in beamer presentations?

Answer 14

16-18 points

Question 15

who introduced the acute accent mark to mark lenght?

Answer 15

Jan Hus

Question 16

what is the recommended method of adding extra leading around section titles?

Answer 16

adding stretchable/ shrinkable vertical space bands

Question 17

which is an inherent property of the text in an average document?

Answer 17

italicization

Question 18

which is the most used footnote reference symbol?

Answer 18

the asterisk - *

Question 19

one of the typefaces is NOT usually recommended for setting longer texts, but is excellent for headings. which one?

Answer 19

Bodoni —> VOGUE

Question 20

what is a crop mark?

Answer 20

a mark on the stock for the printers to trim the final page size

Question 21

checking the document for typesetting-related errors before sending it to a printing shop is called:

Answer 21

preflighting

Question 22

which of the following contains a suspended hyphen?

Answer 22

a five- or six-year-old child
two- or four-wheel drive

Question 23

…refers to the facility and comfort which text can be comprehended

Answer 23

readability

Question 24

hinting refers to…

Answer 24

programming instructions in digital fonts which are added to the design code of the glyph to reshape if necessary

Question 25

which word contains an ogonek? a) Galati b) François c) chraszcz

Answer 25

chrzaszcz (az a-n van egy farkinca es az az ogonek)

Question 26

what is French spacing? a) larger space between sentences that between words b) a thin space before: !, ?, :, ; c) both of the above d) neither of the above

Answer 26

both of the above

Question 27

which is the prime mark?

Answer 27

x’

Question 28

which point system is used by computer typographic software?

Answer 28

PostScript point

Question 29

what is wrong with this sentence? ,,He said she went to school in the ‘80-‘90s.”

Answer 29

the opening quoted

Question 30

a book first published in 2004 i printed again in 2006 with typos corrected. this is a…

Answer 30

new impression

Question 31

which e carries a trema?

Answer 31

ë

Question 32

what is copyfitting?

Answer 32

the optimal widh of text when using a given font

Question 33

which number is longer, the ISBN or the ISSN?

Answer 33

the ISBN

Question 34

which of the following typefaces can usually benefit from looser letterspacing?

Answer 34

sans serif typefaces

Question 35

if there’s a choice, how should a footnote be broken across page?

Answer 35

so that it begins on a verso page and ens in a recto page

Question 36

what is the difference between lining figures and old style figures?

Answer 36

lining figures are upperscale numerals, old style figures are numerals with ascenders and descenders

Question 37

the OpenType tag ‘thum’ switches on

Answer 37

numbers with uniform widt

Question 38

one press paper equals how many pages?

Answer 38

16

Question 39

what is hard space?

Answer 39

a space which is not a breaking point

Question 40

the font file extension ‘ttf’ refers to

Answer 40

both TrueType and OpenType fonts

Question 41

which is the odd one out? - pagehead - header - heading - running head

Answer 41

heading

Question 42

in web typography, CSS files contain

Answer 42

layout/ style definitions

Question 43

which dash should be a “hard” hyphen? a) World War II (1939-1945) b) the prefix re- is a words level affix c) a French-Czech dictionary d) the English negative prefix is un-

Answer 43

d) the English negative prefix is un-

Question 44

what is wrong with the following definition of tracking? “ The measure of the overall spacing between characters in a passage of text.”

Answer 44

nothing

Question 45

why is it important to mark the header of a table?

Answer 45

because otherwise it will not be repeated of the table is broken across pages

Question 46

which if the following is NEVER part of a textbook?

Answer 46

marginal notes

Question 47

what foes the colophon contain?

Answer 47

facts about the physical production of the book

Question 48

which of the following contains a tilde?

Answer 48

buñel

Question 49

what is lorem ipsum?

Answer 49

dummy text used as a placeholder

Question 50

what is monotype?

Answer 50

a type foundry