Clemson GC 1020 Final Exam Review
2026 Practice Test
1. Typeface Commonly referred to as font.
2. Typeface Cate- serif, sans serif, ornamental, script, symbol
gories
3. Font A set of characters that have the same design.
4. Typeface Styles Within a typeface family, variants such as Roman and Italic.
5. Set-Width Width of a character in relation to the height.
6. type family several font designs contributing a range of style variations based upon a single
typeface design.
7. Leading (line vertical distance between lines of text
spacing) space from baseline to baseline
8. line length distance between the left and right edges of a text block
9. Points
, Clemson GC 1020 Final Exam Review
2026 Practice Test
the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading,
and other items on a printed page. The size of the point has varied throughout the
history of printing. Since the 18th century, the point's size has varied from 0.18 to
0.4 millimeters.
10. kerning/tracking space between characters
11. Picas Measurement system frequently used in graphic design. There are 6 to an inch.
12. Dashes A punctuation mark (—) used to indicate a sudden break or pause in thought,
to set ott parenthetical material
13. Descenders The lowercase letters that fall below the baseline, as in characters g, j, p, and q.
14. Ascenders the part of certain lowercase letters (b,d,f,h,k,l,t) that extends above the x height.
15. drop cap A large initial letter that drops down two or more lines at the beginning of a
paragraph to indicate that a new block of information is beginning and to give
interest to newsletters or magazine articles.
16. Text Wrap a technique that allows text to flow around a graphic image
17. en dash a line the width of a capital N in whichever font is being used; is used to connect
ranges of numbers, dates, letters
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2026 Practice Test
18. Indents used to indicate a new paragraph and ottset long quotes
19. Design Principles These principles of design work together to create something that is aesthetically
pleasing and optimizes the user experience.
20. Tabs A tab stop marks a location; typing a tab moves the cursor to that location. These
days, the tab is used only for inserting horizontal space in the middle of a line. If
you need horizontal space at the beginning of a paragraph, adjust the first-line
indent. For a true tabular layout, use a table, not tabs.
21. contrast The state of being noticeably ditterent from something else when put or consid-
ered together.
22. widows A widow is a very short line - usually one word, or the end of a hyphenated word
- at the end of a paragraph or column. A widow is considered poor typography
because it leaves too much white space between paragraphs or at the bottom of
a page. This interrupts the reader's eye and diminishes readability.
2026 Practice Test
1. Typeface Commonly referred to as font.
2. Typeface Cate- serif, sans serif, ornamental, script, symbol
gories
3. Font A set of characters that have the same design.
4. Typeface Styles Within a typeface family, variants such as Roman and Italic.
5. Set-Width Width of a character in relation to the height.
6. type family several font designs contributing a range of style variations based upon a single
typeface design.
7. Leading (line vertical distance between lines of text
spacing) space from baseline to baseline
8. line length distance between the left and right edges of a text block
9. Points
, Clemson GC 1020 Final Exam Review
2026 Practice Test
the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading,
and other items on a printed page. The size of the point has varied throughout the
history of printing. Since the 18th century, the point's size has varied from 0.18 to
0.4 millimeters.
10. kerning/tracking space between characters
11. Picas Measurement system frequently used in graphic design. There are 6 to an inch.
12. Dashes A punctuation mark (—) used to indicate a sudden break or pause in thought,
to set ott parenthetical material
13. Descenders The lowercase letters that fall below the baseline, as in characters g, j, p, and q.
14. Ascenders the part of certain lowercase letters (b,d,f,h,k,l,t) that extends above the x height.
15. drop cap A large initial letter that drops down two or more lines at the beginning of a
paragraph to indicate that a new block of information is beginning and to give
interest to newsletters or magazine articles.
16. Text Wrap a technique that allows text to flow around a graphic image
17. en dash a line the width of a capital N in whichever font is being used; is used to connect
ranges of numbers, dates, letters
, Clemson GC 1020 Final Exam Review
2026 Practice Test
18. Indents used to indicate a new paragraph and ottset long quotes
19. Design Principles These principles of design work together to create something that is aesthetically
pleasing and optimizes the user experience.
20. Tabs A tab stop marks a location; typing a tab moves the cursor to that location. These
days, the tab is used only for inserting horizontal space in the middle of a line. If
you need horizontal space at the beginning of a paragraph, adjust the first-line
indent. For a true tabular layout, use a table, not tabs.
21. contrast The state of being noticeably ditterent from something else when put or consid-
ered together.
22. widows A widow is a very short line - usually one word, or the end of a hyphenated word
- at the end of a paragraph or column. A widow is considered poor typography
because it leaves too much white space between paragraphs or at the bottom of
a page. This interrupts the reader's eye and diminishes readability.
