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Unit 2: Text

• Fonts created with Fontographer are used in any program with a font menu on Windows notes
and Macintosh platforms.
• Hypermedia and hypertext refer to web pages and other kinds of on-screen content that
employ hyperlinks.

2.6 Keywords

font: It is a collection of characters of a single size and style belonging to a particular typeface
family.

fontMonger: It is a font conversion utility, allowing you to customize your fonts to some
degree.

fontographer: It can be used in any program with a font menu on Windows and Macintosh
platforms.
Hyperlinks: They give us choices when we look for information, listen to music, purchase products,
and engage in similar activities.
Hypertext: It refers to the use of hyperlinks to present text and static graphics.

text: It is the most widely used and flexible means of presenting information on screen and
conveying ideas.

1. Create a node-link diagram for websites.
2. Create a multipath structure for hypertext and websites.

2.7 review Questions

1. What do you understand by the term text?
2. Define fonts and faces.
3. What are the different types of fonts available? Give some examples.

4. Explain the term hypertext.
5. Describe nodes and navigation in hypertext.
6. Explain cool 3D text.

7. What are the different editing and designing font tools?
8. Explain the importance of text in respect of advertisement.
9. Describe the guidelines to choose a font in a multimedia presentation.

10. Distinguish between serif and sans serif font.

answers to self assessment
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c)
6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (a)

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