QR Challenge: Typography
Teacher Notes
A. Prior to the lesson:
1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
- Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
- Bring these devices into the lesson.
3. Print out the QR codes.
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
B. The lesson:
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Questions / Answers (teacher reference)
Question | Answer |
| 1. The part of a lowercase letter than extends above the x-height is ___. | Ascender
|
2. Text that follows an outline in some type of curved pattern is ___. | Contoured text
| 3. The first letter in a story taht is enlarged and lowered is a ___. | Drop cap
| 4. The part of a character that descends below the baseline is the ___. | Descender
| 5. Adjusting space between pairs of letters is ___. | Kerning
| 6. The space between lines of text if ___. | Leading
| 7. Typeface with projections extending off the main strokes of a character are called ___. | Serif
| 8. A technique that allows text to flow around a graphic is ___. | Text wrap
| 9. The study of all elements of type is ___. | Typography
| 10. The height of lowercase letters is ___. | x-height
| 11. Typeface without serifs is ___. | Sans serif
| 12. A short line of text at the end or beginning of a column is ___. | Widow/orphan
| 13. Adjusting the space in a block of test is ___. | Tracking
| 14. Small uppercase letters are called ___. | Small cap
| 15. A unit of measurement for text is ___. | Point
| 16. Any written or printed letter, number or symbol is a ___. | Character
| 17. The horizontal distance of a character is its' ___. | Character width
| 18. A family of characters, numbers and symbols is a ___. | Font
| 19. The appearance of type is the ___. | Font style
| 20. The first line of a paragraph is flush left but all other lines are indented is a ___. | Hanging indent
| 21. A feature that sets a temporary left, right margin is an ___. | Indent |
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-part-of-a-lowercase-letter-than-extends-above-the-x-height-is-___.
Question 1 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Text-that-follows-an-outline-in-some-type-of-curved-pattern-is-___.
Question 2 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-first-letter-in-a-story-taht-is-enlarged-and-lowered-is-a-___.
Question 3 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-part-of-a-character-that-descends-below-the-baseline-is-the-___.
Question 4 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Adjusting-space-between-pairs-of-letters-is-___.
Question 5 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-space-between-lines-of-text-if-___.
Question 6 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Typeface-with-projections-extending-off-the-main-strokes-of-a-character-are-called-___.
Question 7 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-technique-that-allows-text-to-flow-around-a-graphic-is-___.
Question 8 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-study-of-all-elements-of-type-is-___.
Question 9 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-height-of-lowercase-letters-is-___.
Question 10 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Typeface-without-serifs-is-___.
Question 11 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-short-line-of-text-at-the-end-or-beginning-of-a-column-is-___.
Question 12 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Adjusting-the-space-in-a-block-of-test-is-___.
Question 13 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Small-uppercase-letters-are-called-___.
Question 14 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-unit-of-measurement-for-text-is-___.
Question 15 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Any-written-or-printed-letter,-number-or-symbol-is-a-___.
Question 16 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-horizontal-distance-of-a-character-is-its'-___.
Question 17 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-family-of-characters,-numbers-and-symbols-is-a-___.
Question 18 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-appearance-of-type-is-the-___.
Question 19 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The-first-line-of-a-paragraph-is-flush-left-but-all-other-lines-are-indented-is-a-___.
Question 20 (of 21)
Typography: QR Challenge
https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A-feature-that-sets-a-temporary-left,-right--margin-is-an-___.
Question 21 (of 21)
