Final Project Musings


Five things I refused to learn...

  1. I refused to try a black background. I really like color and feel limited when the background is black. 
  2. I refused to learn center text. I always do left justified because it feels comfortable to me.
  3. I refused to try breaking too many type rules.
  4. I refused to mix fonts too much. I typically stick to one or two fonts at one time. I notice other students used a variety of fonts very well. 
  5. I refused to leave too much negative space. 


Five things that I should have learned...

  1. Devin portrayed hierarchy really well. His pages flow really well and are very legible. While on some of my spread, I felt like the audience might get a little lost. 
  2. Kayla did amazing with utilizing half sheets in her publication.  I really like the variety of different sized pages. It keeps things interesting as you are flipping through. 
  3. Alyssa placed her type on her page in creative ways, but she did it in a way that worked really well. Even thought something seemed like it was random, I could tell she made a design decision. 
  4. Aubrey used clear sheets that I found to be very pretty and created good dimension on her spreads. 
  5. Delaney used a gradient beautifully in her design and carried all the way through. I really like gradients but have a hard time making them look right. 


Five things that I learned about type...

  1. The importance of preparation and planning. Before this class I would jump into an project without creating a brief or a brainstorming. Even thought the process seems more tedious it is very useful in the end. I like having multiple ideas to work off of and mold.  
  2. Using grids keeps things organized and clean. Having a grid system and setting up all of my columns made it much easier for me to keep my pages consistent.  
  3. Type can be used to portray a message outside of the words that are being used. 
  4. There is a lot more that goes into typography than people think. I learned that you can get really wild with type or practice the " less is more" method. Either way, there are endless options. It just takes a lot of experimentation and willingness to try something different to find what really speaks to you. 
  5. InDesign is an amazing tool that made this final project so much easier. At first I wasn't going to use it, but I learned the advantages of using a formatting program. 

Excused Absence 4/18

Attending the Sacred Assembly of the Passover April 18th 2019. 

P3 - Typography Rules Poster




After the peer critique this past Thursday I made some additional changes to my poster such as taking out the honeycomb and making the word contrast stand out more, and making the logo smaller.