Chapter 3 : Text
by Emily xinyi
1. Using Text Elements
1.1. Interaction buttons
1.2. Menus for navigation
1.3. Fields for reading
1.4. HTML documents
1.5. Symbols and icons
2. Computers & Text
2.1. Bitmap font vs Vector font
2.2. Character sets
2.2.1. American Standard Code for Information Inerchange ( ASCII )
2.2.2. Extended Character Set ( IOS Latin-1 )
2.2.3. Unicode
3. Hypertext vs Hypermedia
3.1. Hypertext
3.1.1. contains links to other texts
3.1.2. subset of hypermedia
3.2. Hypermedia
3.2.1. not constrained be text-besed
3.2.2. can include graphics , inages , sound and video
3.2.3. Hypermedia structures
3.2.3.1. Links
3.2.3.2. Nodes
3.2.3.3. Anchors
4. Importance of Text
4.1. The simplest of data types and requires the least amount of storagee
4.2. In symbols , words , sentences , and paragraphs form
4.3. Is a vital element of multimedia menus , navigation systems , and content
5. Understanding Fonts & Typefaces
5.1. Font
5.1.1. A collection of characters of a single size and style belonging to a particular typeface family
5.2. Typeface
5.2.1. A family of graphic characters. often with many type sizes and styles
5.3. Study of fonts and typefaces
5.3.1. Font styles
5.3.2. Font terminology
5.3.2.1. Baseline
5.3.2.2. Cap height
5.3.2.3. X-height
5.3.2.4. Ascenders / descenders
5.3.2.5. Kerning
5.3.2.6. Tracking
5.3.3. Cases