Letterpress Quiz

Who is considered the father of the Letterpress printing technique?

• Johannes Zuckerberg

• Mark Gutenberg

• Johannes Gutenberg

What kind of printing technique is Letterpress?

• Offset printing

• Relief printing

• Silkscreen printing

What is the smallest unit in typography called?

• Pica

• Points

• Cicero

How many points are there in 1 Cicero?

• 6

• 12

• 24

What's the measurement of the most common type height used in Europe?

• 23.33 mm

• 23.56 mm

• 56.23 mm

What's the name of the 'blue' ink used in printing?

• Magenta

• Pantone

• Cyan

What is the 'white space' in typography?

• It´s a transparent ink

• The unprinted parts of a page

• The spacing between a pair of letters

What is kerning?

• It's the spacing between a pair of letters

• It's the spacing between words

• It´s the spacing between the lines of text

What is 'overprinting'?

• Printing in two colors

• Printing on top of an existing color to create a third

• It´s a special ink used in printing

When was the first book printed in the Canary Islands?

• 1450

• 1472

• 1752