MIL Text Information and Media

Hypertext

Links different electronic documents

Hypertext

Enable users to jump from one to other in a non-linear way

Text

a simple and flexible format presenting information or conveying ideas whether hand-written, printed or displayed on-
screen

human-readable sequence of characters, intelligible

A text is any ''__________'' that can form _______ words (Source: MIL TG by CHED)

Hypertext, plain text or unformatted text, and formatted text

Types of text:

Plain or unformatted text

Consists of fixed-sized characters with the same appearance

Formatted text

Text whose appearance can be changed and displayed in a specified style

font parameters

Formatted text can be change using ______

Typeface

Refers to font, font type, or style of text

Typeface

Refers to the representation or style of a text in the digital format

Serif, san serif, slab serif, script, decorative

Types of typefaces:

Serif

[Types of typefaces] Typeface style that is formal, classic, and elegant

Serif

[Types of typefaces] Connotes formality and readability in large amount of texts

Serif

[Types of typefaces] usually used for the body text of books, newspapers, magazine, and research publication

Serif

[Types of typefaces] give a classic or elegant look when used for title or heading

Serif

[Types of typefaces] Examples are times new roman, garamond, and baskerville

San Serif

[Types of typefaces] Typeface style that is minimalist and modern

San Serif

[Types of typefaces] brings a clean or minimalist look to the text

San serif

[Types of typefaces] used for clear and direct meaning text such as road signage, building directory, or nutrition facts in food packages

San serif

[Types of typefaces] give a modern look and is primarily used in webpage design

San serif

[Types of typefaces] examples are Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, Calibri

Slab serif

[Types of typefaces] Typeface style that is heavy, solid, and bold

Slab serif

[Types of typefaces] can be used for large advertising sign on billboards

Slab serif

[Types of typefaces] examples are Rockwell and playbill

Script

Typeface style characterized by brush-like strokes

Script

[Types of typefaces] must be used sparingly and to be used in large body text

Script

[Types of typefaces] usually used in wedding invitation cards or other formal events

Script

[Types of typefaces] examples are Edwardian, Vladimir, and Kunstler

Decorative

[Types of typefaces] Typeface style that caters to emotions (such as celebration, fear, horror, etc.) or themes (such as cowboys, circus, holidays, cummer, kiddie, etc.)

Decorative

[Types of typefaces] samples are chiller, jokerman, curls, MT

Txt, Doc, Pdf, Ps, and RTF

Common file formats like ____, _____, _____, ____, and ____ used for different purposes

Txt or text

[Common file formats] unformatted text document by an editor as notepad on windows platform

.Doc or document

[Common file formats] a native format for storing documents created by MS Word package

.Doc or document

[Common file formats] contain a rich set of formatting capabilities

.PDF or Portable Document Format

[Common file formats] developed by Adobe systems for cross platform exchange of documents, support images and graphic

.PS or PostScript

[Common file formats] a page description language used mainly for desktop publishing: capability of containing text and images on the same page

RTF or Rich Text Format

[Common file formats] older than DOC, editable by any text editor

RTF or Rich Text Format

[Common file formats] default format for Mac OS X's default editor TextEdit

.Doc or document

[Common file formats] MS Word/word processing format, considered better and safer than RTF

Emphasis, appropriateness, proximity, alignment, organization, repetition, contrast

Design principles and elements:

Emphasis

[Design principles and elements] importance or value given to a part of the text-based content

Appropriateness

[Design principles and elements] Suitability of text usage for a specific context

Proximity

[Design principles and elements] Concept of how near or far elements are to one another

Proximity

[Design principles and elements] bring related elements close together to convey meaning, organize information, and reduce clutter; when items are grouped, they become one cohesive visual unit

Alignment

[Design principles and elements] Positioning of text on a page, such as center, left, right, or justified

Center, left, right, justified

4 types of alignment:

Center

[4 types of alignment] Use it when you have few short lines of text. This option must NEVER be use in full paragraphs because it's difficult to read.

Left

[4 types of alignment] is the most common choice. For the reader it's comfortable and secure

Left

[4 types of alignment] If you want to stay conservative, this is the safest choice.

Right

[4 types of alignment] will require additional effort to the reader.

Right

[4 types of alignment] It can be a good option to create more attention to specific words.

Justified

[4 types of alignment] This option is the most used in books, magazines and newspapers.

Justified

[4 types of alignment] It's formal, neat, and helps organize the text, especially if you are using columns.

Organization

[Design principles and elements] Conscious effort to organize text elements on a page for better connection

Repetition

[Design principles and elements] Consistency of elements and unity in design through repeating some typefaces within the page

regular, irregular, even, uneven

Repetition can be _______ or _____, _________ or _______, like shapes, colors, or lines

Repetition

[Design principles and elements] this creates rhythm and unifies the layout

Contrast

[Design principles and elements] Creation of visual interest through differences in elements

EMPHASIS

Importance or value given to a part of text-based content