• What did you learn?
  • I learned how to use InDesign because my experience with InDesign before this project was very little. I also learned different styles formats that go with different types of works. Lastly, I learned how to use paragraph styles which made putting the book together a lot easier.
• What was easy?
  • It was easy figuring out what fonts and what content I wanted to use to fill the pages. It was also easy figuring out where I wanted the title and author for each piece to go.
• What was challenging?
  • It was challenging trying to format a lot of information onto one page so that it was practical but also looked good. There was a lot of tweaking being done to the paragraph styles.
• How could your submission be improved?
  • I feel my submission could be improved if I messed around with color options more, but I was more focused on getting the layout consistent and looking nice.
• How can the professor improve the assignment in the future?
  • I don’t think anything needs to be improved about the assignment.
• How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios?
  • I might apply this knowledge with future assignments or work scenarios if I need to format something that is going to be printed like a book, magazine, poster, etc. I will be taking print design next semester, so it’s expected I will be expanding on these skills and go into more detail on how everything will look when printed.
• How did a specific reading, video, or example inspire or help you?
  • I found a website that paired up different types of fonts that go well together, and it inspired the font combo I chose. The link to the website is https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/adobe-font-combinations/ . The quadrangle website helped me a lot when it came to what was going on the last two pages and the back cover. Although all the content in this project was from the quadrangle website when it came to the last three pages, I was confused about what to put for contributor roles; but the website information solved that issue. https://canisiusquadrangle.com/quadrangle-68/ 

Inspiration:

Reflection:

• What did you learn?

I learned how to format text in InDesign and illustrator in a user-friendly way while still being conscious of the design layout. I also learned how to get rid of hyphens in both adobe programs.

• What was easy?

It was easy knowing how I wanted to present my information. Once I settled on a font, I knew I wanted to model my design after the old mac screen layout to emphasize the time period and why it was made.

• What was challenging?

It was challenging picking which font to do my project on. I had a lot of fonts I wanted to work on for the project but couldn’t figure out a solid design for the poster that truly represented the font’s style and purpose.

• How could your submission be improved?

I feel like my submission could be improved if I could space out the window screens better, so I could have the icons more spread out as it would be on an actual laptop.

• How can the professor improve the assignment in the future?

I don’t think anything needs to be improved on the professor’s end.

• How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios?

I can apply my knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios with how to make a design go along with the font being used. I could also apply how to properly format content with heavy text so it looks good and is easier to read as a consumer.

• How did a specific reading, video, or example inspire or help you?

Looking at what old mac screens looked like helped me figure out how to format my design so you can get an idea of when the font was created and what its intended purpose was.

Final Product:

Reflection:

• What did you learn?

I learned how to alter letters/words to represent specific meanings based on the movies I did my project on. I also learned how to kern and track my words to get the best look.

• What was easy?

It was easy figuring out what movies I wanted to base my work on along with the ideas for each movie to represent a specific plot that happened in the movie.

• What was challenging?

It was challenging at times with the civil war piece trying to give each letter a nice slanting look without ruining the legibility of each letter. It was also challenging working with the infinity war piece with so many components under one layer in illustrator.

• How could your submission be improved?

I feel as though my submission can be improved if I could get the letters for the civil war piece to have sharper edges since moving the letters caused the straight edges to be wavy.

• How can the professor improve the assignment in the future?

I don’t think anything needs to be improved on the professor’s end.

• How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios?

I might apply my knowledge in future assignments or work by if I need to make a design/logo I can tie in visual representations to show what the business/brand is working to do.

• How did a specific reading, video, or example inspire or help you?

The “How We Read” article helped me determine the best way to slice my words for my infinity war piece, so you can still read it. The article talks about how it’s easier to read the top half of letters when cut off and harder to read the bottom half when cut off.

Process Pics/Sketches:

The picture above was the first font I made, but I wasn’t liking the doubling up on one side, so I scratched this as a font possibility and moved on to the next.

The picture above was the second font I started, but it felt very boring. Overall the letters came out too sharp, and I felt I couldn’t go further since it would be hard to accomplish this with specific letters.

Reflection:

• What did you learn?

I learned how to tell the difference between the different types of fonts there are. I also learned how to format when it comes to using simple shapes in a smaller work area.

• What was easy?

It was easy figuring out what type of font I wanted to base mine on.

• What was challenging?

It was challenging staying within the boundaries I set and sticking with the rules when it came to difficult letters.

• How could your submission be improved?

My submission could be improved if I gave myself a bigger area to work with so I had room in general along with room to make decisions later on, in the alphabet, so it was easier to adjust the rest of the font if needed.

• How can the professor improve the assignment in the future?

I don’t think anything needs to be improved.

• How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios?

I’ll apply my knowledge in the future, for let’s say, I’m working for a company, and they want to rebrand but want a unique font. I can create a new font from scratch based on the type classification they like. I could also see this scenario happening with a new company that wants to stand out amongst the competition.

• How did a specific reading, video, or example inspire or help you?

Thinking with type helped me properly structure my letters and set the cap and x-height to where it can work for every letter. It also helped me figure out which font type I wanted to base mine on since it gave a good description, along with good visuals for each type.

http://thinkingwithtype.com/letter/#anatomy

This is blackletter font because it has extra decorations, as you can see, especially in the capital L, S, O, A, and K.

This is a slab serif font because the letters are a little thicker but still have the feet at the ends of the letters.

This is a script font because it mimics cursive handwriting. They only did “Our Alice” in cursive, so it seems more personal.

This is a historical font because the use of shapes is apparent, along with the slight changes in the left photo that was made. In “Carpenter,” they chose to do a lower n to keep with the round theme, and they did the same with the y in “Kalway” to get rid of those sharp features those letters give when capitalized.

This font is serif because the feet of the letters are finished off in a more decorative style, and the body of the letters has this sense of being skinny on one side and thicker on the other.

The font here is Sans serif. If you look below “Chesbro,” the font used is sans serif. You can tell because the letters have a consistent thickness to them, and they don’t have any feet.

The next typography I found was on one of my perfume bottles, “Miss Dior.” I like the typography chosen for this product because it’s clean and readable. It’s very appealing because when I think of a brand like Dior, I think of fancy, prestige, or expensive, and the typography that was done for the name of the perfume gives me that impression. In general, I like fancier types of print like this perfume, and I associate typography of this nature with being fancy. Like I would see it at an expensive restaurant of some sort.

Lastly, I found typography on another food product, but this time, it was on a “mtn dew” can. Now for this one, I was very interested in it because the first thing I noticed was that towards the end of the W, the word dew looks stretched but, it happens to look the same on the box the cans came in. Along with that how the most noticeable letters are lower case, and they are the t and n in mtn and the e in dew. I like the typography because it goes well with the design of the can. It gives a more edgy look, especially with the outline around the letters. On top of that, I find it interesting that each letter is about the same size no matter if there is capitalization or not.