Question 1

What does CMYK stand for?

Accepted Answer

Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

Question 2

When did typography begin?

Accepted Answer

When people wrote on walls

Question 3

When did China make letter blocks?

Accepted Answer

11th century

Question 4

Who's idea was it to make these from metal?

Accepted Answer

Korea

Question 5

What is a Serif?

Accepted Answer

A letter with the tails

Question 6

Who invented this typographic style?

Accepted Answer

Christian Monks

Question 7

Why was it invented?

Accepted Answer

To manually copy the bible

Question 8

What is this?

Accepted Answer

The Gutenberg Printing Press

Question 9

Why was graphic design born?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

What is a vector made of?

Accepted Answer

Maths

Question 11

What colour mode do you print with?

Accepted Answer

CMYK, PANTONE

Question 12

When were open type fonts invented?

Accepted Answer

1997

Question 13

What resolution to use for PRINT?

Accepted Answer

300

Question 14

Why do people hate Comic Sans?

Accepted Answer

It got over used

Question 15

What's happening here?

Accepted Answer

This is the first lazer printer

Question 16

What is the golden size formula?

Accepted Answer

?pt x 1.618

Question 17

If you add all the colours it makes white

Accepted Answer

RGB

Question 18

True or false? Font and typography mean the same thing.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 19

Who was this guy?

Accepted Answer

He invented the Aldine press, He invented the paperback book

Question 20

What is a Sans Serif?

Accepted Answer

A letter without the tails

Question 21

What happened to printing in the 1600's?

Accepted Answer

The government was controlling what was printed, Churches were controlling what was printed, Print companies were paid off by politicians, Secret underground presses started

Question 22

If you add all the colours it makes black

Accepted Answer

CMYK

Question 23

What resolution to use for SCREENS?

Accepted Answer

72

Question 24

What was the first paper made of?

Accepted Answer

Plant stems

Question 25

Who invented paper?

Accepted Answer

Cai Lun

Question 26

What is a raster made of?

Accepted Answer

Pixels

Question 27

Why use vector instead of raster?

Accepted Answer

Printing, Resizing, Adjusting, smaller file size

Question 28

What are pantone colours for?

Accepted Answer

Consistency

Question 29

What does DPI mean?

Accepted Answer

Dots Per Inch

Graphic Design, Art & Printing Trivia

2) When did typography begin?

3) When did China make letter blocks?

4) Who's idea was it to make these from metal?

5) What is a Serif?

6) Who invented this typographic style?

7) Why was it invented?

8) What is this?

9) Why was graphic design born?

10) What is a vector made of?

11) What colour mode do you print with?

12) When were open type fonts invented?

13) What resolution to use for PRINT?

14) Why do people hate Comic Sans?

15) What's happening here?

16) What is the golden size formula?

17) If you add all the colours it makes white

18) True or false? Font and typography mean the same thing.

19) Who was this guy?

20) What is a Sans Serif?

21) What happened to printing in the 1600's?

22) If you add all the colours it makes black

23) What resolution to use for SCREENS?

24) What was the first paper made of?

25) Who invented paper?

26) What is a raster made of?

27) Why use vector instead of raster?

28) What are pantone colours for?

29) What does DPI mean?