Chapter 3 Texts

1. Differences between fonts and typefaces a) typeface - a family of graphic characters - Example: Bookman Old Style b) font - collection of characters of a single size and style   -Example: Arial 18 point Bold

2. 5 text elements used in multimedia a) Menus for navigation b) Interactive buttons c) Fields for reading d) HTML documents e) Symbols and icons

3. Bitmap font and Vector font Bitmap - File size increases as more sizes are added. - Require a lot of memory. - Non-scalable. Vector font - File size is much smaller than bitmaps. - TrueType, OpenType and PostScript are vector font formats.

4. a) Hypertext   - is a text which contains links to other texts.   - The term was invented by Ted Nelson around 1965 - is the subset of hypermedia    b) Hypermedia - is not constrained to be text-based - include other media, e.g :  graphics, images, and especially the continuous media – sound and video.

5. Importance of text in a multimedia presentation a) the simplest of data types and requires the least amount of storage b) form of symbols, words, sentences, and paragraphs c) vital element of multimedia menus, navigation systems, and content