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Unit 2: text notes

Contents
Objectives
Introduction
2.1 Fonts and Faces
2.1.1 Installation of Fonts
2.1.2 Selecting Text Fonts
2.2 Using Text in Multimedia
2.2.1 Use of Text in Webs
2.2.2 Use of Text in Films Such as Titles and Credits
2.2.3 Use of Text in Subtitles in a Film or Documentary
2.2.4 Use Text in Advertisements
2.3 Font Editing and Design Tools
2.3.1 Fontographer
2.3.2 FontMonger
2.3.3 Cool 3D Text
2.4 Hypermedia and Hypertext
2.4.1 Linear and Non-linear Media
2.4.2 Nodes, Links and Navigation
2.4.3 Information Structures
2.4.4 Node-link Diagrams, Sketches and the Design Process
2.4.5 Future Developments
2.5 Summary
2.6 Keywords
2.7 Review Questions
2.8 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Understand different fonts and faces
• Describe text in multimedia
• Explain font editing and design tools
• Understand hypermedia and hypertext

introduction

All multimedia content consists of texts in some form. Even a menu text is accompanied by a
single action such as mouse click, keystroke or finger pressed in the monitor (in case of a touch

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