Semester Reflection

This semester i have learned many new things, most of them having to do with adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator. The very first assignment was about using and getting comfortable with the illustrator program. After we had worked with that program for a while we moved on to photoshop. It was a bit of an adjustment because of how the layers work in photoshop, but i learned to get used to it. Then I was able to more fully explore the program. If I could have something changed, I would want it to be how we learn the programs. They are explained very well, but very fast, and I cant always get down every single step of the process on a note. Expecially when our computers are taken over to show us something. Every assignment has brought new techniques to learn, and challenges to overcome. I would just like this to continue, and dont have any specific projects/techniques i want to do/learn. 

Review Week 17

Have you learned something?
The details on the ends of letters (the curly bits) are serifs. It is unclear where the name originally came from but most theories suggest hundreds of years in the past. Serifs can't be shot, sheriffs can. There are two kinds adnate and abrupt. Adnate is more flowy, while abrupt isn't rude, just very square.   

Review Week 16

How many points are in an inch? How many points are in a pica?72, 12
Of the seven classifications, which classification(s) would best work as body type? Why?Old style, it has minimal contrast in thick and tin strokes making it easy to read
Identify the lowercase characters that have ascenders?bdfhklt
Identify the lowercase characters that have descenders?
 gjpqy

 

 old style, it has very low contrast between thick and thin strokes

Casual script, it looks like a looser less formal type of script

Slab serif, it has serifs, but is thicker and has less of them.

Sans serif, it is with out the decorative serifs.

Modern, is has a lot of varying thick and thin strokes that give it a modern look.

Blackletter, it is very decorative and looks like it could have been done with a calligraphy pen.

Decorative, it was designed to have a penciled in shadow that gives it a distinctive look.