text

What is text?

a.     the basic element of most multimedia titles consisting of words, sentences and paragraphs in the form of

«  Page titles

«  Labels for pictures

«  Instructions for operating the applications

b.     used to convey information or describe abstract ideas that have no visual or aural component (e.g. feeling)

c.     developers are concerned with text from 2 view points:

«  the way the text is presented - easy to read, well-designed (font, color and size)

«  what lies behind the text - interactive link/hypertext/hot text

2. Elements of Text

1.     As an information media, text was originally defined by printed media such as books and newspapers that use various typefaces to display information.

2.     Text is the most common form of information delivery. In general, it is a key component of every application ever created.

3.     Multimedia products depend on text for many things such as page titles, labels for pictures, instruction for operating the application or for button menu.

4.     Text can fall into three categories :

«  Alphabet characters: A to Z (includes both uppercase and lowercase depending on the language)

«  Numbers: 0 to 9

«  Special characters: punctuation ( . , ; ’ ” ), signs ( $ + - = ), and non-printed characters (carriage return, line feed)