Chapter 3: Text

1. Fonts and Typefaces include:         1.Font styles  2.Font terminology  3.Cases

2. Font styles :1.Boldface 2.Italic 3.Underlining 4.Outlining

3. Font Terminology    1.Baseline  2.Cap height  3.x-height  4.Ascenders 5.Descenders 6.Kerning 7.Tracking

4. Text elements    1.Menus for navigation 2.Interactive buttons 3.Fields for reading 4.HTML documents 5.Symbols and icons

5. Choosing text fonts                         1.Consider legibility and readability. 2.Avoid too many faces. 3.Use color purposefully.                   4.Use anti-aliased text. 5.Use drop caps and initial caps for accent. 6.Minimize centered text. 7.Use white space. 8.Use animated text to grab attention.

6. Bitmaps                        1.File size increases as  more sizes are added. 2.Require a lot of memory. 3.Non-scalable.

7. Vector                                              1.File size is much smaller than    bitmaps. 2.TrueType, OpenType and PostScript are vector font formats.

8. Hypermedia structures          1. Links  2. Nodes  3.Anchors

9. Hypertext systems are used for    1. Electronic publishing and reference  works                                                              2. Technical documentation  3. Educational courseware  4. Interactive kiosks  5. Electronic catalogs