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This typeface is used in standard MLA format
What is Times New Roman
A short line or stroke serving as a foot of a letterform
What is Serif
This is a term that refers to the study of mushrooms
What is Mycology
This font, often used in graphic novels, should not be used in design
What is Comic Sans
This typographer designed the geometric typeface Futura
Who is Paul Renner
This font family was used for the Avatar franchise logo
What is Papyrus
The space between the baseline and the top of your lowercase character
What is X-Height
This term refers to AI systems that can generate text, images, or music based on learned patterns
What is Generative AI
When scaling text, you should not
What is unproportional scaling
This inventor of the printing press revolutionized typography in 15th-century Europe
Who is Johannes Gutenberg
This typeface is used by Google
What is Google Sans
The closed, curved part of letters
What is bowl
These women were the six wives of Henry VIII
Who are Catharine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard, Anne of Cleves, and Katherine Parr
Avoid placing light-colored text on a light background—this reduces this essential quality
What is Readability
This influential designer and partner at Pentagram is known for bold, typography-driven branding and iconic work for institutions like the Public Theater
Who is Paula Scher
This is Stagl's go to famous font
What is Helvetica
The spacing in between characters
What is Kerning
This type of poetry is written based on an art piece
What is exphrastic poetry
Avoid ignoring spacing between lines—this concept is crucial for clean, readable typography
What is Leading
This American type designer created screen-optimized fonts like Verdana and Georgia
Who is Matthew Carter
This is the name of the first ever typeface
What is Blackletter
In a typeface, this occurs when two or more letters are combined into one character
What is ligature
This famous horror author is also credited with one of the most popular coming-of-age films starring River Phoenix and Corey Feldman
Who is Stephen King
Avoid placing text too close to the edge of a page—this design principle helps keep layouts balanced and readable
What are margins
This influential typographer wrote The Elements of Typographic Style
Who is Robert Bringhurst