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DMA 384

Project 4: Book Theme

Reflection

  • 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/