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Text Media and Information

The document defines various terms related to text media and information literacy. It discusses plain text, formatted text, hypertext, fonts, font styles (serif, sans serif, etc.), file formats (.txt, .doc, .pdf), text formatting techniques (bold, italics, size), and principles of design like emphasis, proximity, alignment, organization and consistency/unity. It provides examples to illustrate each term and explains their uses and significance.

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Text Media and Information

The document defines various terms related to text media and information literacy. It discusses plain text, formatted text, hypertext, fonts, font styles (serif, sans serif, etc.), file formats (.txt, .doc, .pdf), text formatting techniques (bold, italics, size), and principles of design like emphasis, proximity, alignment, organization and consistency/unity. It provides examples to illustrate each term and explains their uses and significance.

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 a simple flexible format of presenting

information or conveying ideas wether


hand-written, printed or displayed on
screen. (Source: MIL TG by CHED)
 any “human-readable sequence of
characters” that can form intelligible
words. (Rouse, 2015)
Hypertext
PlainText or
Unformatted Text
Formatted Text
Serve to link different
electronic documents
and enables users to
jump from one to other in
a nonlinear way.
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https://twitter.com/
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Fixedsized
characters having
essentially the same
type of
appearance.
 Text media and information
Appearance was
changed using font
parameters (bold,
underline, italic, font
size, font color, etc.)
TextMedia and
Information
 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.
 Serif
 Sans
serif
 Slab serif
 Script
 Decorative
 Connotes formality and readability in large
amount of texts.
 Usually used for the body text of books,
newspapers, magazines and research publication.
 Give a classic or elegant look when used for title
or heading.
 Ex: Times New Roman, Garamond, Baskerville
 Brings a clean minimalist look of text.
 Used for clear and direct meaning of text
such as road signage, building directory or
nutrition facts in food packages.
 Given a modern look and is used primarily in
webpage design.
 Ex: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana,
Calibri
 Carries a solid or
heavy look to text.

 Can be used for


large advertising
sign on billboards.

 Ex: Rockwell,
Playbill, Goudy
Stout
Draws much attention itself because of its brush-like
strokes.
Must be used sparingly and not to be used in large
body text.
Usually used in wedding invitation cards or other
formal events.
Ex: Edwardian, Vladimir, Kunstler
Caters to a wide variety of emotions
(such as celebration, fear, horror, etc.)
or themes (such as cowboys circus,
holidays, summer, kiddie, etc.)
Ex: Chiller, Jokerman, Curlz MT
Unformatted text
document by an
editor as notepad on
windows platform.
.txt
A Native format for storing
documents created by MS
Word package. Contain a
rich set of formatting
capabilities.
.doc & .docx
Cross platforms
document exchange;
default format for Mac
OS X’s default editor text
edit.
.rtf
Developed by adobe
systems for cross platform
exchange of documents,
supports image and
graphics.
.pdf
A page description
language used
mainly for desktop
publishing.
.ps
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addins-blog/2014/04/24/convert-excel-
csv/
 Importance or value given to a part of
the text-based content.
 Make the text bold, italicized, have a
heavier weight, darkened or lightened,
enlarged.
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/08/25-examples-of-emphasis-applied-
in-web-design/
 How near or how far the text elements
from each other.
 When two things are closely related,
bring them close together.
How the text is positioned
in the page.
Left, center, right or
justified.
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ustified-text-in-everweb-yes-you-can/
 Conscious effort to organize the different
text elements in a page.
 Ensures that while some text elements
are separated from each other, they are
still somehow connected with the rest of
the elements in the page.
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principles-of-design/
 Consistency of elements.
 Unity of the entire page.
 Repeating some typefaces within the
page.
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 Creates visual interest.
 Two elements are different from each
other.
 Media and information literacy
curriculum guide by deped
 Media and information literacy teaching
guide by ched
 Media and information literacy by boots
c. liquigan, diwa learning system inc.
 https://www.slideshare.net/arnielping/m
edia-and-information-literacy-mil-text-
information-and-media-part-1

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