Microsoft Word Font Tutorial - Near North District School Board
Microsoft Word : Fonts Tutorial
For this tutorial, do not copy-paste the green sections but type them yourself:
Save your work in your BTT folder under: Fonts Tutorial_your name :
Read the following document and do what is highlighted in green.
If it is not highlighted in green, then read it only.
Font Face, Style and Size
A font is a complete set of characters in a specific face , style and size . Each set includes upper and lowercase letters, numerals and punctuation.
A font face is the design of a character. Each design has a name and is intended to convey a specific feeling. The default font face is Times New Roman. You should select fonts that will make your document attractive and communicate its particular message. As a rule, use no more than two or three font faces in any one document. There are three types of font faces: serif , sans serif and script .
A serif face has lines, curves or edges extending from the ends of the letters. It is typically used for document text because it is more readable. Times New Roman and Courier are examples of serif fonts.
A sans serif font is straight-edged. “San serif” means without serifs or “tails.” It is often used for headlines or technical material.
Arial and Technical are examples of sans serif fonts.
Script looks like handwriting. Script typefaces are used for formal invitations and announcements. English111 Vivace and Shelley Volante are examples of script fonts.
Retype the paragraph that begins “Style refers to ...” and make all the font changes.
Style refers to the slant and weight of letters, including italic and bold-facing.
Other appearance attributes include underline, outline, shadow
SMALL CAPS
, and strikeout. Type this last sentence using an example of a serif font, a sans serif font and a script font.
Format - Font brings up the font menu. This menu lets you change the font face, size, style, appearance and/or position. Many of these options are also available on the tool bar.
Sometimes we type something in such as a title “font face, type and style” and then realize we want it in all capitals like this “FONT FACE, TYPE AND STYLE” or in initial capitals like this “Font Face, Type and
Style.” We can make the change by selecting Change Case from the Format menu.
Use the Change Case feature in the format menu to change the following sentences. change this sentence to title case change this sentence to upper case change this sentence to toggle case
Font sizes range from
very tiny
to
very large
.
Font size refers to the height of the font, usually measured in points. There are 72 points to an inch (2.5 cm). The larger this number, the larger the size of the characters. Most business documents are keyed in a
12-point size.
Change the following sentences to the size and font type as specified. Find three more font types that you like and add them to the list. For some fonts you may have to increase the size in order to be able to see them properly. This is especially true for script type fonts.
This is 30 points.
This is 20 points.
This is 16 points.
This is 12 points.
This is 8 points.
This font is called Times New Roman.
This font is called Arial.
This font is Courier New.
This font is called AvantGarde.
This font is called Comic Sans MS.
This font is called Impact.
For each sentence below, re-type it by doing what it tells you to do.
Use FORMAT – FONT to help you.
a.This entire sentence is bold.
b. This sentence has just one word which is bold . c. Sometimes the use of italics can give special meaning to a whole sentence .
d. Other times just putting one word in italics can be very effective. e. Underlining an entire sentence gives it emphasis. f. Naturally,features like bold, italics and underline can be used in combination.Also changing the font colour to two other colours can be useful sometimes. g. Occasionally, it is necessary to use two underlines to make a point. Practice two other underline styles here. h. This sentence is in small capitals. i. Strike through can be used to show that you changed your mind. j. The 2 in H
2
O is an example of a subscript. k. Superscripts are used as footnote reference marks 8 equation x 2 + y 2 = z 2.
or to show exponents in a mathematical l. Practice using subscripts and superscripts by retyping the last two sentences. They are found in the Format > Font menu. m. Some other font tools which should be used sparingly because they are annoying are the
FORMAT – FONT – TEXT EFFECTS. Use three text effects on this text to show you can use them.
