Chapter 3 : Text
by 静雯 林
1. Text element
1.1. Menus for navigation
1.2. Interactive buttons
1.3. Fields for reading
1.4. HTML documents
1.5. Symbols and icons
2. Bitmaps vs Vector
2.1. Bitmaps consist dots or pixels representing the image
2.2. file size increases as more sizes are added
2.3. require a lot of memory
2.4. non-scalable
2.5. hard to resize
2.6. Vector use instructions and mathematical formula to describe each glyph
2.7. file size much smaller than bitmaps
3. Rasterization
3.1. is the process of converting text from a vector description to a raster or bitmap description
4. Font mapping
4.1. if the font that not available in others people computer,a default font will be used for substitution
5. Fontographer
5.1. is a specialized graphic editor
5.2. compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
6. Hypertext
6.1. contain links to other texts
7. Hypermedia
7.1. non constrained to be text based, is sound and video
8. Links
8.1. connections between conceptual elements
9. Nodes
9.1. accessible topics,documents,messages, and content elements
10. Anchors
10.1. reference from one document to another document, image, sound, or file on the web
11. Typerface
11.1. is a family of graphic characters, often with many type sizes and styles.
12. Font
12.1. is a collection of character of a single size and style belonging to a particular typeface family.
13. Font terminology
13.1. Baseline
13.1.1. line under the character
13.2. Cap height
13.2.1. height of a capital letter
13.3. x-height
13.3.1. top of a lower-case letter x
13.4. Ascenders/descenders
13.4.1. x-height/drop below the baseline
13.5. Kerning
13.5.1. certain pair of letter
13.6. Tracking
13.6.1. adjustment of space for group of letters