Test 2 CH 6 & 8
____ is a character or letterform created for the purpose of communicating written information through printing or electronic means.
Type
What term is used metaphorically to describe a feature that prevents users from getting lost in an interface.
Breadcrumbs
_____ _____ use touch screens as combined input and output devices and let users directly interact with what is displayed on screen by using one or more fingers.
Touch Interfaces
____ uniformly adjusts letter spacing across a range of selected text.
Tracking
The term _____ implies letters, but it also applies to other characters, such as punctuation, symbols, and numbers.
Letterform
Movable type was first invented in
Asia
Most designers suggest limiting the number of typefaces in a design to ___
2
Our book defines _____ as the reciprocal communication between the media and the users facilitated by various technology features; in other words, it's the user and the media communicating with one another.
Interactivity
historians often credit _____ ____ as the starting point of the modern printing era
Johannes Gutenberg
____ selectively varies the amount of space between a single pair of letters
Kerning
____ typefaces have letterforms based on roman counterparts, while Italic typefaces have features that emulate handwritten forms
Oblique
A ____ is a unit of measurement used to define the vertical height of a typeface.
Point
____ web design is an approach to web design whereby sites automatically conform to the user's device and screen size across a wide range of digital devices' carousel.
Responsive
___ are small marks located on the ends of a main character stroke.
Serifs
____ are decorative accents added to the end of a stroke
Serifs
accepts input and generate output in the form of web pages, are probably the most widely used GUIs.
Web User Interface (WUIs),
Times New Roman, for instance, is a _____ , a set of specifications that make the characters look a certain way, no matter the size or medium, but PostScript 12-point Times New Roman is a Font
Typeface
_____ is the art of designing and arranging type
Typography
As we have noted before, ______ is the measure of people's experience with a user interface.
Usability
In the field of information technology, a ____ ____ is any system that supports human-machine interaction (HMI) or human-computer interaction (HCI).
User Interface
In readability testing for the Web, _____ consistently scores high marks and is one of the most popular screen fonts used for body copy on the Web
Verdana
The rise of _____ ___ relies on technology progresses in machine learning of natural language and statistical data-mining techniques.
Voice Interfaces
Adding a _____ ____ is one of the easiest things you can do to add interest and depth to text objects and backgrounds
Drop Shadow
______ is used to allow a user to make a single choice from among mutually exclusive options.
Dropdown List
The term ___ refers to the digital or physical means of creating or displaying that typeface in a particular style and size.
Font
GUI stands for
Graphical User Interface
A ____ ____ ____ includes elements of windows, icons, menus, buttons, and scrolling bars
Graphical User Interface Usually
a ___ is a matrix of evenly spaced vertical and horizontal lines that are superimposed on top of the design window
Grid
A _____ is a reduced-size version of a larger image
Thumbnail
When you use _____, as you move text close to a gridline, it snaps into place.
Snapping
WUI means
Web User Interface
the terms ____ and _____ refer to the process of lining up objects or text uniformly along their tops, bottoms, sides, or middles.
Alignment/Justification
____ is a technique used in raster (bitmap) editing to smooth out the edges of type
Anti-Aliasing
In a row of type, the bottom edge of each character's main body rests on an imaginary plane called the ____
Baseline
The transition between the thick and thin areas of a stroke is called
Contrast
What is the measure of how fast a user can perform tasks after learning how to use the interface?
Learnability
____ refers to a typeface's characteristics and can change depending on font size.
Legibility
The wireless controller on a Wii system is an example of what type interface?
Motion Tracking Interfaces
_______ is an interface component or technique that gives users an idea about how much information to anticipate on a site and makes it easier for user to navigate through multiple screens of information
Pagination
____ _____ is a website technology that allows the foreground and background elements of a webpage to move at different speeds during vertical scrolling of the page
Parallax Scrolling
_____ refers to how easy text is to read in context, not as isolated letters, and depends on a variety of factors, including typeface characteristics such as italics, font size, style, letter spacing, line spacing, alignment, background, capitalization choices, and contrast.
Readability
While typeface can convey attitude, emotion, and personality, it's the ___ that communicates ideas and information
Text
____ is the visual representation of intellectual thought as expressed through a human language system.
Text
Of the Transitional Typefaces, ____ ___ ___ is one of the most ubiquitous and well-known
Times New Roman