1. Communicating Information : Documents and Publications
Fonts

2. A type of writing is called a font.
There are many different types of fonts.
Each has a name and comes in many sizes.
The font being used here is called Arial and is in size 24.
The bigger the number (called the point size) the bigger the writing.
The colour of a font can be changed.

3. Dressed for the occasion

4. Times New Roman Arial Curly or straight
Look at the following two fonts:
They are similar fonts, but with one main difference:
Times New Roman
One is a serif type of font.
Arial
One is a sans serif (san-serrif) type of font.

5. Times New Roman Curly – serif
Serifs are the little lines that look like curls at the end of each letter.
Examples of serif fonts are:

6. Arial Straight – sans serif
Sans serif fonts have no little lines at the end of each letter.
Examples of sans serif fonts are:

7. Research has shown that serif fonts are easier to read.
Therefore, most documents with large areas of text (like a newspaper) use serif fonts.
Documents with a small amount of text (like posters) tend to use sans serif fonts.

8. Curly or straight?

9. Fonts can also take on a different style.
So far we have talked about font:
type
size
colour.
Fonts can also take on a different style.

10. A new look

11. Summary The End There are fonts for all types of occasions.
Fonts can come in different sizes and colours.
There are two types of fonts, serif and sans serif.
The style of fonts can be changed to suit different occasions.
What can I remember?
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