Typographical Emphasis & Fonts
Chapter 2
Italic Emphasis
An italic emphasis are words that are slanted slightly to the right. This emphasis is often used to focus attention on words that are important. For example, you would use italics when writing a title of a book in a sentence, a language that is foreign, or a word or phrase that is being explained or talked about.
Example: This is what it will look like
Bold Emphasis
A bold emphasis are words that are thicker than normal text. This emphasis is often used to focus on words that are very important, almost like a highlighter. For example, you would use bolded words when writing a glossary of terms for keywords, for titles, or for subtitles.
Example: This is what it will look like
Align Emphasis
Words that are aligned emphasizes your content. This emphasis is often used for titles, subtitles, paragraphs, bullet points, etc. to indicate what you are writing about. You can use this to center paragraphs, subtitles, & titles.
Example:
This is what it will look like (center)
This is what it will look like (left)
This is what it will look like (right)
This is what it will look like (justify)
Underline Emphasis
An underlined emphasis are words that have a line underneath them. This emphasis is often used as a different option for a highlighter. For example, you would use underlined words for titles, subtitles, ingredients, or clickable links.
Example: This is what it will look like
Number List Emphasis
A number list are lists that use numbers instead of bullet points. This emphasis is often used for numbering steps, lists, ingredients, etc. You can use either numbers or even letters.
Example (Using number list with numbers): 1. This is what it will look like
Bullet Points Emphasis
A bullet point emphasis are points that are used to emphasize words or phrases.This emphasis is often used to focus on words that are very important. For example, you would use bullet points when writing a list of no order. There are three different types of bullet points; disk, square, & circle.
Example (Using disk bullet point):
- This is what it will look like
Font Size
Font Sizing is important to use when writing. Font size is how little or how big your writing is by a number. This is often used for titles or subtitles. Using the number 12 is the most common to use for paragraphs, where as the number 18 to 24 is used mainly for subtitles & titles.
Example (Using font size 24): This is what it will look like
Fonts
Fonts are designs for text. It can be used for whatever you want. There are seven commonly used types; arial, comic sans ms, courier new, book antiqua, impact, helvetica, & times new roman. The most used is the arial font. These fonts are used to make your text fancy & elegant.
Example (Using Arial font): This is what it will look like
Line Height
Line heights are used to make your pharagraph condensed or more spread out. Commonly used line heights are 1.2 & 1.4. This can emphasize your pharagraph below or above it to make it look smaller in size or larger, depending on your style of choice.
Example (Using 1.5 line height):
This is what it will look like
This is what it will look like
Subscript
Subscripts are used to make your text extra small on the bottom side of a regular line. It is more commonly used for chemical & math formulas. This can emphasize your text to make it look smaller in size.
Example: This is what it will look like
Superscript
Superscripts are used to make your text extra small on the top side of a regular line. It is more commonly used for footnotes, citations & math formulas. This can emphasize your text to make it look smaller in size.
Example: It will look like this
