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Text Information and Media
This document discusses text, media, and information literacy. It defines text as any sequence of characters that forms words that can convey ideas. Text can be hypertext, plain text, or formatted text. The document also discusses typefaces (fonts), common text file formats like TXT, DOC, PDF, and design principles for text like emphasis, appropriateness, proximity, alignment, organization, repetition, and contrast.
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Overview of media and information literacy with a focus on text as a format for presenting information.
Explains what constitutes text, describing it as a human-readable format for conveying information across media.
Discusses types of text including hypertext, plaintext, formatted text, and various file formats such as TXT, DOC, PDF.
Explores different types of typefaces: serif, sans serif, slab serif, script, and decorative, with examples.
Discusses types of text including hypertext, plaintext, formatted text, and various file formats such as TXT, DOC, PDF.
Introduces key design principles for text: emphasis, appropriateness, proximity, alignment, organization, and contrast.
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- 1. TEXT INFORMATION ANDMEDIA MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY MIL11/12PM-IVA-1 / MIL11/12PM-IVA-2 JMJNGOHO 2019
- 2. WHAT IS ATEXT? TEXT a simple and flexible format of presenting information or conveying ideas whether hand- written, printed or displayed on-screen any ‘’human-readable sequence of characters’’ that can form intelligible words
- 3. How is textused in the following media?
- 10. TYPES OF TEXTAND COMMON FILE FORMATS TYPES OF TEXT DESCRIPTION HYPERTEXT serve to link different electronic documents and enable users to jump from one to other in a nonlinear way PLAINTEXT or UNFORMATTED TEXT fixed sized characters having essentially the same type of appearance FORMATTED TEXT appearance can be changed using font parameters (bold, underline, italic, font size, font color, etc.)
- 11. HYPERTEXT This https://www.slideshare.net/arnielping is ahyperlink or link to my SlideShare account.
- 12. HYPERTEXT This https://www.youtube.com isa hyperlink or link that will bring you to YouTube.
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- 16. WHAT IS ATYPEFACE? TYPEFACE also called font, font type, or type refers to the representation or style of a text in the digital format usually comprised of alphabets, numbers, punctuation marks, symbols and other special characters
- 17. TYPES OF TYPEFACES Serif a serif is a small line or stroke regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke in a letter or symbol within a particular font or family of fonts. connotes formality and readability in large amount of texts. This font is usually used for the body text of books, newspapers, magazines and research publication. Also, serif fonts give a classic or elegant look when used for title or heading. Examples: Times New Roman, Garamond, Baskerville
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- 20. TYPES OF TYPEFACES SansSerif Sans serif - brings a clean or minimalist look to the text. This font is used for clear and direct meaning of text such as road signage, building directory or nutrition facts in food packages. Also, sans serif fonts give a modern look and is used primarily in webpage design. Examples: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana, Calibri
- 21. TYPES OF TYPEFACES SlabSerif Slab serif- carries a solid or heavy look to text. can be used for large advertising sign on billboards. Examples: Rockwell, Playbill, Blackoak
- 22. TYPES OF TYPEFACES Script Script- draws much attention to itself because of its brush-like strokes. This must be used sparingly and not to be used in large body text. This font is usually used in wedding invitation cards or other formal events. Examples: Edwardian, Vladimir, Kunstler
- 23. TYPES OF TYPEFACES Decorative Display or decorative- caters to a wide variety of emotions (such as celebration, fear, horror, etc.) or themes (such as cowboys, circus, holidays, summer, kiddie, etc.) Examples: Chiller, Jokerman, Curlz MT
- 24. TEXT FILE FORMATS COMMONFILE FORMATS DESCRIPTION TXT (text) Unformatted text document by an editor as notepad on Windows platform DOC (document) a native format for storing documents created by MS Word package •contain a rich set of formatting capabilities RTF (Rich Text Format) Cross platform document exchange; default format for Mac OS X’s default editor TextEdit
- 25. TEXT FILE FORMATS COMMONFILE FORMATS DESCRIPTION PDF (Portable Document Format) developed by Adobe systems for cross platform exchange of documents, supports image and graphics PS (PostScript) a page description language used mainly for desktop publishing
- 26. FILE TYPE SELECTIONWHEN SAVING AN MS WORD DOCUMENT
- 27. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS EMPHASIS importance or value given to a part of the text-based content make the text bold Italicized
- 28. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS EMPHASIS have a heavier weight darkened or lightened enlarged
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- 31. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS APPROPRIATENESS how fitting or suitable the text is used for a specific audience, purpose or event
- 32. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS APPROPRIATENESS Times New Roman Arial Aharoni Rockwell Edwardian Script Jokerman
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- 35. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS PROXIMITY refers to how near or how far are the text elements from each other.
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- 37. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS ALIGNMENT refers to how the text is positioned in the page. left, right, center or justified.
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- 39. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS ORGANIZATION refers to a conscious effort to organize the different text elements in a page.
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- 41. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS REPETITION concerns consistency of elements and the unity of the entire design
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- 43. DESIGN PRINCIPLES ANDELEMENTS CONTRAST creates visual interest to text elements. is achieved when two elements are different from each other.
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