Dr.

Mohd Hishamuddin bin Abdul Rahman

Text in Multimedia
MMP3013
• Importance of text in a multimedia
presentation
• Understanding fonts and typefaces
• Using text elements in a multimedia
presentation

What you will learn?

• Text is very important in communication.
It provides information to the
audiences.
• Text is a very important element of
multimedia. Can be used as menus for
navigation, and a body of information, or
content.
• Also can be used as a page titles, labels
for pictures or for giving instruction.

ABCDEF
GHI
Importance of Text
 Typefaces : Graphic representation of the
alphabet, numbers and special characters.
Word Typeface
Hello Arial
Hello Times new Roman
Hello Cooper Black
Hello Eras Bold ITC

 Font : A particular sizes of typefaces (ex; “32

point Times New Roman”).

 Nowadays, with the digital design of documents,

you often see those two words used rather
interchangeably.

Fonts & Typefaces

• The study of fonts and typefaces includes
the following:
–Styles
–Sizes
–Cases
–Serif versus sans serif

Understanding Font & Typeface

• Font styles (examples):

Hello Hello
Boldface Underlining

Hello Hello
Strikethrough Italic

Understanding Font & Typeface

• Font sizes:
–Font size is measured in points.
–1 point  1/72”
–For multimedia presentation use at least 24
font size.
–Kerning is the spacing between character
pairs.

Understanding Font & Typeface

• Font cases:
–A capitalized letter is referred to as uppercase,
while a small letter is referred to as lowercase.

• Seris vs Sans serif:

–A serif is the little decoration at the end of a
letter stroke (usually used for body text.

–Sans serif fonts do not have

a serif at the end of a letter
stroke (commonly used for
headlines and bold
statements)

Understanding Font & Typeface

 Tips:

- Legibility
- Avoid too
many
typeface
- Use colour
purposely
- Use anti-
aliased text
- Use animated
text to grab
attention

Tips for using text

• The text elements used in multimedia are:

Menu & Field of

navigation reading

Interactive Symbol &

button icons

Using Text Elements