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Understanding Fonts. Fonts Hold Power The font you choose should reflect the message of your document. What kind of feelings do the following fonts convey:

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1 Understanding Fonts

2 Fonts Hold Power The font you choose should reflect the message of your document. What kind of feelings do the following fonts convey: Cooper Black Chiller French Script Comic Sans

3 Fonts Font or Font Face: A group of letters, numbers and symbols with a common typeface. A font face is a style of type identified by name. Some common fonts include: Rockwell Arial Times New Roman Courier

4 Fonts Fonts can be subdivided into one of FOUR major categories: Serif Sans Serif ScriptDecorative FYI - Each of these categories can be further subdivided: http://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-1/type-anatomy/type- classifications http://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-1/type-anatomy/type- classifications

5 Fonts

6 Font Styles Font style is the term used to describe the special appearance of the font. Widely used font styles include bold, italic and underline. Font Size Font size is measured in points. There are seventy-two points to one inch. Therefore a font size of thirty-six points is approximately one-half inch in height.

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