C.F. Papworth's

Friday Quiz

Week 12: Typography

Hello! Welcome to my brand new Friday Quiz. Every Friday a new quiz will be released. The topics will change each week, and will span between my rather eclectic interests. Being a graphic designer the first topic is a rather obvious choice: Typography!
So please enjoy and have a lovely weekend.

Go!

I:What are italics?	- Slanted cut of a type
II:Who designed Comic Sans?	- Vincent Connare
III:What does Helvetica mean?	- From Switzerland
IV:What is a Serif?	- Lines tailing the edge of a character
V:	- Verdana
VI:	- A widow
VII:	- Ambigram
VIII:What is Kerning?	- A neglected and dying craft
IX:What is the &-symbol know as?	- Ampersand
X:What is this typeface called?	- Courier

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What are italics?

Slanted cut of a type

A group of italian-designed typefaces

An other word for the !-sign

Who designed Comic Sans?

Mathew Carter

David Carson

Vincent Connare

What does Helvetica mean?

From Austria

From Germany

From Switzerland

What is a Serif?

A curl at the end of a word

Lines tailing the edge of a character

A typeface designed by Paul Renner

Which of these fonts are used by both Apple and Ikea?

Helvetica

Verdana

Futura

What is a single line paragraph at the end of a page called?

A widow

An orphan

A kicker

What is the name of a word that can be read from different angles?

Anagram

Ambigram

A monogram

What is Kerning?

An unnecessary chore

No bloody idea!

A neglected and dying craft

What is the &-symbol know as?

Fraktur

Ampersand

Et Litteris

What is this typeface called?

Courier

Andale Mono

Monaco

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