Chapter 3 : Text

1. Text Elements used in multimedia

1.1. Menus for navigation

1.2. Interactive buttons

1.3. Fields for reading

1.4. HTML documents

1.5. Symbols and icons

2. Bitmap font vs Vector font

2.1. Bitmaps font consist of a matrix of dots or pixels representing the image.

2.2. Vector fonts drawing use instructions and mathematical formulae to describe each glyph.

3. Font Editing and Design Tools

3.1. Fontographer is a specialized graphics editor and compatible with both Macintosh and Windowa platforms.

4. Hypertext vs Hypermedia

4.1. Hypertext is a text which contains links to other texts.

4.2. Hypermedia is not constrained to be text-based.

4.2.1. Links

4.2.2. Nodes

4.2.3. Anchors

5. Importance of Text

5.1. Simplest of data types and requires the least storage.

5.2. A vital element of multimedia menus, navigation systems, and content.

6. Typeface vs Fonts

6.1. Typeface is family of graphic characters

6.2. Font is collection of characters of a single size and style to particular typeface family.

6.3. Font Terminology

6.4. Serif versus sans serif

7. Font rasterization

7.1. Process of converting text from a vector description to a raster or bitmap description.

8. Character sets

8.1. Computers can only understand numbers, so ASCII code is the numerical representation of a character.