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Multimedia Building Block: Text

This document discusses the history and role of text in multimedia. It notes that written text first emerged around 6000 years ago in ancient civilizations using symbols and cuneiform scripts. The document emphasizes that text is a key component of multimedia products, where it is used for page titles, content, labels, instructions, and other purposes. It stresses the importance of carefully choosing words when using text in multimedia to ensure the intended precise meanings are conveyed.

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Multimedia Building Block: Text

This document discusses the history and role of text in multimedia. It notes that written text first emerged around 6000 years ago in ancient civilizations using symbols and cuneiform scripts. The document emphasizes that text is a key component of multimedia products, where it is used for page titles, content, labels, instructions, and other purposes. It stresses the importance of carefully choosing words when using text in multimedia to ensure the intended precise meanings are conveyed.

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CMPD273 Multimedia System

Prepared by Nazrita Ibrahim UNITEN2002


Multimedia Building Block : Text
Reference:
T. Vaughan, Multimedia: Making It Work 5
th
Edition,
Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2001
CMPD273 Multimedia System
Prepared by Nazrita Ibrahim UNITEN2002
Text in history
Written text came into use about 6000 years
ago
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Sumeria and Babylonia
Initially text was written in symbols
Pictographic signs and cuneiforms



CMPD273 Multimedia System
Prepared by Nazrita Ibrahim UNITEN2002
Text in Multimedia
A key component of any multimedia product
Multimedia product depends on text for
various reasons
Page title
Content of the information
Label and instruction
etc.
CMPD273 Multimedia System
Prepared by Nazrita Ibrahim UNITEN2002
The power of meaning
Word must be chosen carefully
Precise and accurate meaning to describe what you
mean
Word must be chosen to illustrate to a few meaning
Word appears in titles, menus and navigational
aids.
Test the words that you plan to use on several
users and observe their reaction.

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