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Mind Map by Aidil Afiq Alif, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Aidil Afiq Alif
almost 7 years ago
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- Importance of text in a
multimedia presentation
- Words and symbols in any form,
spoken or written, are the most
common means of communication
- Text is a vital element of multimedia
menus, navigation systems, and
content
- Factors affecting
legibility of text
- Size
- Background and
foreground color
- Style
- Leading
- Size
- Words and symbols in any form,
spoken or written, are the most
common means of communication
- Understanding fonts &
typefaces
- A ‘typeface’ is a family of graphic
characters that usually includes many
type sizes and styles
- A ‘font’ is a collection of characters of a
single size and style belonging to a
particular typeface family
- Font styles
- Boldface
- Italic
- Underlining
- Outlining
- Boldface
- Font sizes
- Character metrics are the general measurements
applied to individual characters
- Kerning is the spacing between character pairs
- Leading is the space between lines
- Font size is measured in points
- Character metrics are the general measurements
applied to individual characters
- Cases
- Placing an uppercase letter in the middle
of a word is referred to as intercap.
- A capitalized letter is referred to as 'uppercase',
while a small letter is referred to as 'lowercase.'
- Placing an uppercase letter in the middle
of a word is referred to as intercap.
- Serif VS Sans Serif
- Serif fonts are used for body text
- Sans serif fonts do not have a serif at the end of a letter stroke
- These fonts are used for headlines and bold statements
- Serif is the little decoration at the end of a letter stroke
- Serif fonts are used for body text
- A ‘typeface’ is a family of graphic
characters that usually includes many
type sizes and styles
- Using text elements in a
multimedia presentation
- Text elements
- Fields for reading
- A document can be printed in
one of two orientations -
portrait or landscape
- The taller-than-wide orientation
used for printing documents is
called portrait
- The wider-than-tall orientation
that is normal to monitors is
called landscape
- Reading a hard copy is easier
and faster than reading from
the computer screen
- A document can be printed in
one of two orientations -
portrait or landscape
- HTML documents
- HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
It is the standard document format used for
Web pages
- HTML documents are marked using tags
- An advanced form of HTML is DHTML.
DHTML stands for Dynamic Hypertext
Markup Language. DHTML uses Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS).
- HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
It is the standard document format used for
Web pages
- Symbols and icons
- Symbols are
concentrated text in
the form of
stand-alone graphic
constructs
- They are used to convey
meaningful messages
- Symbols used to convey
human emotions are called
emoticons
- Icons are symbolic
representations of objects
and processes
- Symbols are
concentrated text in
the form of
stand-alone graphic
constructs
- Interactive buttons
- Users can create their
own buttons from
bitmaps and graphics
- The design and labeling of
the buttons should be
treated as an industrial art
project
- A button is a clickable
object that executes a
command when
activated
- Users can create their
own buttons from
bitmaps and graphics
- Menus for navigation
- A user navigates
through content
using a menu
- A simple menu
consists of a text
list of topics
- A user navigates
through content
using a menu
- Fields for reading
- Anti-aliased text must be used when a
gentle and blended look for titles and
headlines is needed
- Ideas and concepts can be
highlighted by making the text bold
or by emphasizing text
- A pleasant look can be created by
experimenting with different font faces,
sizes, leadings, and kerning
- Text elements
- Computers & text
- The font wars
- PostScript
- PostScript is a method of describing an image in terms of mathematical constructs
- PostScript characters are scalable and can be drawn much faster.
The two types of PostScript fonts are Type 3 and Type 1
- PostScript is a method of describing an image in terms of mathematical constructs
- TrueType is a system of
scalable outline fonts, and
can draw characters at low
resolution
- PostScript
- Character sets
- Mapping across platforms
- Fonts and characters are not cross-platform compatible
- They must be mapped to the other machine using font substitution
- Fonts and characters are not cross-platform compatible
- Mapping across platforms
- The font wars
- Font editing & design tools
- Macromedia Fontographer
- It can be used to develop
PostScript, TrueType, and
bitmapped fonts
- It can also modify existing
typefaces and incorporate
PostScript artwork
- It can be used to develop
PostScript, TrueType, and
bitmapped fonts
- Creating attractive texts
- Adobe Photoshop
- TypeStyler
- COOL 3D
- HotTEXT
- TypeCaster
- Adobe Photoshop
- Macromedia Fontographer
- Multimedia & hypertext
- Multimedia is defined as the combination
of text, graphics, and audio elements into a
single presentation
- Hypertext is defined as the organized cross-linking
of words, images, and other Web elements
- Searching for words
- Association
- Truncation
- Frequency
- Intermediate words
- Adjacency
- Association
- Using hypertext systems
- Information management and hypertext
programs present electronic text, images,
and other elements in a database fashion
- Information management and hypertext
programs present electronic text, images,
and other elements in a database fashion
- Hypermedia structures
- Links
- Anchors
- Nodes
- Navigating hypermedia structur
- Links
- Hypertext tools
- Multimedia is defined as the combination
of text, graphics, and audio elements into a
single presentation
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