Braingle: 'Mr. Gutenberg, I Presume' Trivia Quiz

Mr. Gutenberg, I Presume

This is a quiz about elements of typography. Gutenberg invented moveable type and the printing press.

Quiz ID:	#1143
Fun:	(1.99)
Difficulty:	(2.2)
Category:	Humanities > Art
Created By:	nikitafullmoon

#1 A font like Times New Roman has these, but a font like Arial or Helvetica does not.

Sertas
Serifs
Sherrifs
Satires

#2 Serifs are thought to have originated:

From Roman stone letter carvings
From German calligraphy
After the invention of the printing press
For no reason at all except decoration

#3 The part of the letter that goes below the baseline (the line you write or type on) is called a(n):

Ascender
Descender
Tail
Finial

#4 The height of lower-case letters is called:

Minuscule height
Font size
X-height
Pica size

#5 How did lower-case letters come to be known as lower-case letters?

The letters are lower (smaller) than capital (upper-case) letters.
The typographers who used them were considered lower class.
The origin of the term is unknown.
The letters were stored in a case below the capital letters.

#6 Adjusting the space between letters is called:

Letter space
Kerning
Leading
Points

#7 The space between two lines of text is called:

Kerning
Leading
Point size
Line space

#8 The closed-in space in a letter like o, b, d, a or e is called a:

Hole
Hollow
Counter
Space

#9 Gutenberg, the inventor of moveable type, went bankrupt.

True
False

#10 Which of the following is not a serif typeface?

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Mr. Gutenberg, I Presume

#1 A font like Times New Roman has these, but a font like Arial or Helvetica does not.

#2 Serifs are thought to have originated:

#3 The part of the letter that goes below the baseline (the line you write or type on) is called a(n):

#4 The height of lower-case letters is called:

#5 How did lower-case letters come to be known as lower-case letters?

#6 Adjusting the space between letters is called:

#7 The space between two lines of text is called:

#8 The closed-in space in a letter like o, b, d, a or e is called a:

#9 Gutenberg, the inventor of moveable type, went bankrupt.

#10 Which of the following is not a serif typeface?

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Mr. Gutenberg, I Presume

#1 A font like Times New Roman has these, but a font like Arial or Helvetica does not.

#2 Serifs are thought to have originated:

#3 The part of the letter that goes below the baseline (the line you write or type on) is called a(n):

#4 The height of lower-case letters is called:

#5 How did lower-case letters come to be known as lower-case letters?

#6 Adjusting the space between letters is called:

#7 The space between two lines of text is called:

#8 The closed-in space in a letter like o, b, d, a or e is called a:

#9 Gutenberg, the inventor of moveable type, went bankrupt.

#10 Which of the following is not a serif typeface?

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