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 and Vector font

3. Character Sets

4. Hypertext

4.1. Used for

4.1.1. Electronic publishing and reference works

4.1.2. Technical documentation

4.1.3. Educational couseware

4.1.4. Interactive kiosks

4.1.5. Electronic catalogs

5. Hypermedia

5.1. Links

5.2. Nodes

5.3. Anchors

6. Importance of Text in a Multimedia Presentation

6.1. The simplest data types & Requires least amount of storage

6.2. In the form of symbols, words, sentences, and paragraphs

6.3. Vital element of multimedia menus, navigation systems, and content

7. Fonts and Typefaces

7.1. Font styles

7.1.1. Boldface

7.1.2. Italic

7.1.3. Underlining

7.1.4. Outlining

7.2. Font terminology

7.2.1. Baseline

7.2.2. Cap height

7.2.3. x-height

7.2.4. Ascenders/Descenders

7.2.5. Kerning

7.2.6. Tracking

7.3. Cases

7.3.1. Uppercase

7.3.1.1. Intercap/CamelCase

7.3.2. Lowercase