Five Things I Learned:
1- How to create a message with type without using any images.
2- How to balance and use hierarchy with words and letters to show significance.
3- How to create a system, and the importance of unifying each page.
4- The importance of syntax, the order of letters and their relationship with one another.
5- Type is important and needs to be informative, fun, and creative.
Five Things I Should Have Learned:
1- To experiment with type more by using extravagant fonts that are still readable.
2- Keep in mind to use up more space, do not leave too much negative space and it can be solved one
way by adjusting the font sizes.
3- Create a flow within the pages by having more spreads laid out from left to right pages.
4- I eliminated making graphics and have gone with a more "basic" look. For my future projects, I
can make one version with graphics and include more design, and the other one a basic model to
see the difference.
5- When telling a story through text, it is best to have more and detailed information, so you an really
understand. Have a brief summary, and then add more information that would fit.
Five Things I Refuse to Learn:
1- White type on a black background is "hard" to read.
2- I started the semester off using "extra" little things and using my ability to draw well. Type speaks
for itself, but I think of the extra graphics as help or a step to really portray a message in type.
3- I am not sure if there is a term for this, but if I have a line on one page, and don't use a line on the
next page, it is okay. Each page can be different and similar in its own way.
4- Negative space. Sometimes the design looks better with open space, creating an aesthetic. If it can't
be filled with images, then space is what will be shown.
5- Hierarchy is important, but must be done without disrupting the flow of text. Sometimes, it looks
nicer when simple text is all the same. Hierarchy is only important when there is a heading to draw
our eyes to the heading first.
