Chapter 3
by Zi Yang
1. Serif versus sans serif -Fonts can broadly be said to be one of two type: serif or sans serif Case -A capitalized letter is referred to as uppercase, while small letter is referred as lowercase.
2. Hypertext -Hypertext is a text which contains links to other texts. Hypermedia -Hypermedia is not constrained to be text-based. It can include other media.
3. Bitmaps -Bitmaps font consist of a matrix of dots or pixels representing the image Characters sets -Computers can only understand numbers, so an ASCII code is the numerical representation of a character.
4. Font Terminology -Baseline -Cap Height -x-height -Ascenders
5. Text Elements used in Multimedia -Menu for navigation -Interactive buttons -Fields for reading -HTML documents -Symbols and icon