TYPOGRAPHY

I had never imagined that I would come to a point in my life where I would be sitting alone in the school library quietly chuckling to myself over an idea map about font choice. Yet, here I am. I had never fully comprehended the rules associated with choosing a font for any project, but this flow chart breaks it down for even the simplest of minds. My personal favorite path to follow on this chart begins as you search for a font for an invitation. If you are a bit fussy as you pick your font, the diagram helps you to narrow it down as it asks simple yes/no questions. If you do not prefer a handwritten invitation and you do not want anything fancy, the author seems to imply that you are crazy and asks the question, “are you alone?” If you answer yes to this, the author takes you on a long path that ultimately leads to the font comic sans. I find this very entertaining because in my mind, I picture the author throwing their hands in the air while yelling, “You juvenile! How could you reject a handwritten AND fancy font for an invitation?” as they throw comic sans in the face of the inquirer as the only font they could possibly be worthy of. Overall, I have found this chart to be very useful and wish that these fonts were available to use on my computer so I could strengthen my personal projects with the proper use of font.

What I learned from my first summary attempt

After a few attempts of writing a summary for the Christo Valley Curtain documentary, I finally figured out a few important concepts. The first of which was to rid my writing of analytical adjectives. This was a hard concept for me to grasp, as I removed the flare and glamour of my paper I realized that the paper was left with the facts and the facts only. The second major change that I had to make in my summary was the chronological order of the paper. My first attempt at the summary was a complete failure of this concept; I had rearranged the order into a chronological order of how it happened in real life, which was drastically different from how it happened in the film. I learned that the chronological order of the summary was for the documentary film only.

Changes to the blog!!!

As you may have notice, I have made a few changes to my blog in order for it to become more appealing to those of you who frequent it. I have tried to make my text stand out more because I feel that that is the most important part of my page. To do this, I made the text larger and brighter through darkening the box in which it is written. I feel that the font I have chosen is also very pleasing to the eye. I also adjusted the width of my text box in order to make it bigger and easier to read. As I learned in chapter one, my writing needs to be directed to those who will read it, which also applies to the design of my blog page. I feel that the background not only represents me in this class, but also appeals to ethos and pathos. Although we are all given the same assignments to post on our blogs, I hope that my blog accurately portrays my angle of vision. I hope you enjoy the changes.