Typography and Text Tools Flashcards
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What is kerning?
Answer: Adjusting space between two specific characters
Kerning controls the space between a single pair of adjacent characters.
Which feature links overflowing text from one text frame into another?
Answer: Threaded text
Threading connects text frames so overflow flows into the next frame.
A small red plus sign on a text frame indicates what?
Answer: Overset (overflowing) text
The red plus marks overset text that doesn't fit in the frame.
Which panel applies a reusable set of formatting to whole paragraphs?
Answer: Paragraph Styles panel
Paragraph Styles store and apply formatting to entire paragraphs at once.
What does the Glyphs panel let you do?
Answer: Insert special characters and font alternates
The Glyphs panel inserts any character or alternate glyph from a font.
Which alignment option in the Paragraph panel forces full lines but leaves the last line left-aligned?
Answer: Justify with last line aligned left
This justify option spreads all lines except the final one, which stays left.
What is leading?
Answer: The vertical space between lines of text
Leading is the vertical distance between baselines of consecutive lines.