Introduction - Origins

Question 1

Egypt’s most famous rock art site _____, meaning ‘Painted Valley’ is located in the south west of the country at the western edge of the Gilf Kebir (Great Plateau) close to the Libyan border.

Answer 1

Wadi Sura

Question 2

Its popular name is the ‘____’ which featured prominently in a major western movie, ‘The English Patient’ some years ago.

Answer 2

Cave of Swimmers

Question 3

The ______ script was one of the writing systems used by ancient Egyptians to represent their language

Answer 3

Egyptian hieroglyphic

Question 4

(Egyptian hieroglyphic) Because of their pictorial elegance, Herodotus and other important Greeks believed that Egyptian hieroglyphs were something sacred, so they referred to them as ‘_____’.

Answer 4

Holy writing

Question 5

Hiero (Greek)

Answer 5

holy

Question 6

Glypho (Greek)

Answer 6

writing

Question 7

In the ancient Egyptian language, hieroglyphs were called _____, ‘the gods’ words’ as it was believed that writing was an invention of the gods.

Answer 7

Medu netjer

Question 8

Signatures and insignia of royal families and deities were represented through hieroglyphs inscribed on stones called _____

Answer 8

Cartouche

Question 9

_____ is the term used in Egyptian history in order to depict the meanings in the form of symbols.

Answer 9

Heiroglyph

Question 10

Egyptian hieroglyphs are read either in columns from top to bottom or in rows from the right or from the left The script was composed of three basic types of signs:

Answer 10

Logograms
Phonograms
Determinatives

Question 11

representing words

Answer 11

Logograms

Question 12

representing sounds

Answer 12

Phonograms

Question 13

placed at the end of the word to help clarify its meaning

Answer 13

Determinatives

Question 14

Types of Ancient Egyptian Writing

Answer 14

Hieroglyphs
Hieratic
Demotic

Question 15

____ was one of the earliest systems of writing, invented by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia.

Answer 15

Cuneiform

Question 16

It is distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. The system consists of a combination of _____, ______, and
_______.

Answer 16

logophonetic

consonantal alphabetic

syllabic signs

Question 17

The two main languages written in Cuneiform are ______ and ______ although more than a dozen others are recorded.

Answer 17

Sumerian

Akkadian (from ancient Iraq)

Question 18

This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world. _____ is shown in the center (the rectangle in the top half of the circle), and Assyria, Elam and other places are also named.

Answer 18

Babylon

Question 19

The central area is ringed by a circular waterway labelled “_____.” The outer rim of the sea is surrounded by what were probably originally eight regions, each indicated by a triangle, labelled “Region” or “Island,” and marked with the distance in between. The cuneiform text describes these regions, and it seems that strange and mythical beasts as well as great heroes lived there, although the text is far from complete.

Answer 19

Salt-sea

Question 20

Ancient cave paintings that date back to _____ are perhaps the very first recorded written communication. However, formal writing is said to have been developed by the Sumerians at around ______

Answer 20

20,000 B.C.

3,500 B.C.

Question 21

Typography - from the Greek words ___ = form and ____ = writing

Answer 21

typos, graphe

Question 22

line spacing

Answer 22

Leading

Question 23

adjusting the spaces between groups of letters

Answer 23

Tracking

Question 24

adjusting the space between pairs of letters

Answer 24

Kerning

Question 25

also known as font family, is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyphs that share common design features. Each font of a typeface has a specific weight, style, condensation, width, slant, italicization, ornamentation, and designer or foundry.

Answer 25

Typeface

Question 26

Refers to perception is primarily the concern of the typeface designer, to ensure that each individual character or glyph is unambiguous and distinguishable from all other characters in the font. Is also in the part the concern of the typographer to select a typeface with appropriate clarity of design for the intended use at the intended size.

Answer 26

Legibility

Question 27

Refers to comprehension is primarily the concern of the typographer or information designer and the intended result of the complete process of presentation of textual material in order to communicate

Answer 27

Readability

Question 28

is the process of forming letters, numerals, and the other characters in technical drawing.

Answer 28

Technical lettering

Question 29

One of the more painful looking typography out there, this is just as it sounds. People create letters by using clothes spins to hold the shape pf the letters in the skin. One can only wonder how this bizarre typogrpahy was imagined.

Answer 29

Pinched-skin Typography

Question 30

Strange jewelry is always popular with celebrities, so it's no surprise that typography has become a jewelry form. This style includes beautifully curved letters craftred from metal and glued together pieces of paper with typography on them forming necklace.

Answer 30

Jewelry Typography

Question 31

The entire font is made by bending jockstraps into letters. This typography is probably one of the most inventive ways of using undergarments for art.

Answer 31

Jockstrap Typography

Question 32

The creator of this unique font, Jockstrap Typography, is ____, a graphic designer who obviously has a quiet sense of humor.

Answer 32

Pier Gustafson

Question 33

Cutting your beard into letters and numbers is quiet a challenge but it most certainly makes you the cetner of attention.

Answer 33

Beard Typography

Question 34

This typography is made out of aerial shots taken from Google maps. It must have taken hours of searching to come up with landscapes that were in the right shape to create this font. This typography is a little hard to read but it is a good example of creativity and persistence.

Answer 34

Google Map Typography

Question 35

This font features handbags and shoes of high fashion and disembodied limbs. Even with all the wonderful fashion, this font comes across a little creepy. The creator must have been going for surrealism.

Answer 35

Fashion Typography

Question 36

This alphabet is made entirely out of cartoon rabbit women, posing provocatively. The typography is interesting in that it uses colors to ser the feel of energy and excitement. It's in a very usual style, leaving off the main torso and hips.

Answer 36

Risque Rabbit Alphabet

Question 37

Not only is this font made out of actual dead animals, it swaps the body pieces. Snakes with mouseheads and lizards with crows feet are typical of this typography, which can only be described as disturbingly creative.

Answer 37

Taxidermy Text

Question 38

This alphabet has grown in popularity, despite being a little bizarre. The letters all consist of lips-complete with red lipsticks and tongues - hooked to round fleshy letters. It appears erotic at first, but you may find it down right creepy after a while.

Answer 38

Naughty Alphabet

Question 39

A typography made out of the guts of fish. Aside from being a little gross, typography out of raw meat is not a new thing but is still pretty bizarre especially out of fish.

Answer 39

Fish guts typography

Question 40

Monumental Inscriptions

Answer 40

Hieroglyphs

Question 41

Official documents

Answer 41

Hieratic

Question 42

Quick ntoes, unofficial letters, etc.

Answer 42

Demotic

Question 43

Engineering drawings use a ______ script, formed by a series of short strokes.

Answer 43

Gothic sans-serif

Question 44

Lower case letters are rare in most drawings of ____.

Answer 44

Machines

Question 45

Importance of letters

Answer 45

1. They add other information which the regular orthographic and pictorial drawings cannot show. 2. They make up the written language of the industry 3. They record ideas 4. They have transmit ideas. 5. They facilitate communication.

Question 46

is done without the assistance of tools.

Answer 46

Freehand lettering

Question 47

is donewusing tools such as lettering guides, templates, or using a small mechanical pantograph.

Answer 47

Mechanical lettering

Question 48

A phantograph referred to by the ________ trademark "____"

Answer 48

Keuffel and Esser, Leroy

Question 49

are lettered with computer-aieded design software.

Answer 49

Modern Drawings

Question 50

used when the spaced lettering is adequate

Answer 50

Normal

Question 51

letters ar wider than normal letters and are used when the space is wider.

Answer 51

Extended

Question 52

letters are narrower than normal letters and are used when the space is limited.

Answer 52

Compresssed/Condensed

Question 53

Spacing and composition of letters

Answer 53

1. Space between letters combined into words should be arranged so that the areas are made to optically appear more or less equal. 2. Space between words should be qual to or greater but not more than twice the height of the letter. 3. Space between sentences should be greater than but nor not more than twice the height of the letters. 4. Space between lines is 3/5 of the total height of letters.

Question 54

Guidelines in letterings

Answer 54

Vertical guidelines Horizontal guidelines Inclined guideliens