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Effective Typography in Presentations: Mastering Orientation, Pitch, and Fonts

This presentation covers key elements of typography in presentations, including orientation (portrait or landscape), pitch (characters per inch), fixed and proportional pitch, point size, serif and sans serif fonts, and script fonts. It discusses the importance of font choice for different text styles and provides examples of serif and sans serif fonts. Learn how to enhance your presentation's visual appeal through typography.

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Effective Typography in Presentations: Mastering Orientation, Pitch, and Fonts

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  1. -Orientation -Pitch -Point size -Fonts about 29 slides

  2. Orientation: Portrait or Landscape

  3. Orientation: Portrait or Landscape

  4. 8½ x 11 inches = Portrait

  5. 8½ x 11 inches = Portrait

  6. 8½ x 11 inches = Portrait

  7. 11 x 8½ inches = Landscape

  8. 11 x 8½ inches = Landscape

  9. 11 x 8½ inches = Landscape

  10. Orientation: Portrait or Landscape

  11. one inch Pitchcharacters per inch (cpi)

  12. one inch Pitchcharacters per inch (cpi) 10 cpi 15 cpi letters are the same height, but thinner

  13. Fixed Pitch Every letter gets the same amount of horizontal space

  14. Fixed Pitch Example of fixed pitch font is: Courier New Every letter gets the same amount of horizontal space

  15. Proportional Pitch Wide letters get more horizontal space, narrow letters get less horizontal space (most fonts are proportional fonts)

  16. Proportional Pitch Wide letters get more horizontal space, narrow letters get less horizontal space (most fonts are proportional fonts) Examples of proportional fonts are: Arial Baskerville Old Face

  17. Point size(how tall the letters are) Florin High Florin High

  18. 72 18 Point size(how tall the letters are) Florin High Florin High

  19. 72 18 Point size(how tall the letters are) Florin High Florin High 72 points ≈1 inch

  20. Fonts ABCDE (serif) ABCDE(sans serif)

  21. ABCDE Serif fonts have little tails on the letters. They are easier to read when you hold the paper in your hand.

  22. ABCDE Serif fonts have little tails on the letters. They are easier to read when you hold the paper in your hand.

  23. ABCDE Serif fonts have little tails on the letters. They are easier to read when you hold the paper in your hand.

  24. ABCDE Sans Serif fonts do not have little tails on the letters. “Sans” means “without”.

  25. Abcdefghilmnop Script fonts look like handwriting.

  26. Font examples: Times New Roman Arial Black Garamond Broadway

  27. Use sans serif fonts for Titles and Headings Use serif fonts for normal text.

  28. Review • orientation • pitch (cpi) • fixed pitch • proportional pitch • point size • serif fonts • sans serif fonts • script fonts

  29. end of presentation

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