Task 10: view of- The best, most enjoyable, or most useful part of the course

For me, the visual imagery aspect to the course was the most enjoyable part. This included Gestalt, Iconic, Symbolic and Indexical imagery. The use of optical illusions in Gestalt I found really fascinating, when completing the task I found it enjoyable looking for Gestalt in my everyday life and seeing how it can be used in a really creative way, whilst remembering the theory that I had learnt in class to back it up. Iconic, Symbolic and indexical images I found a similar fascination for, when finding real life examples and applying the learned theory from class.

The part of the course that I found least enjoyable was the historical approach to the beginning of the course, I found the pre-history of printing and the evolution of type to be very long winded at time and thus not keeping my attention. Though, I do see how an understanding of the history is an important aspect to the course.

Task 9: Identify special HTML entities

HTML entity name and number for the Ampersand symbol are: & amp ; and & #38 ;

HTML entity name and number for the Copyright symbol are: & copy ; and & #169 ;

HTML entity name and number for the Euro symbol are: & euro ; and & #8364 ;

Task 8: Description of format to document

-Hierarchy of Headings (e.g. Heading 1 and Heading 2). Headings now engage the reader. Use of colour for headings.

-Font changed throughout document to ‘Arial’ for clear reading.

-Font size used. Same size font for body of text. Same size font for tables. Same size font for headings etc. Size of font is readable and easy to see throughout.

-Detailed and numbered contents page.

-Page numbers.

-Cover page- Establishes style via font choice and hierarchy of writing size used. Bold and underline used to highlight key information in order for clear reading. Photo and source added,  page boarder added,

-Put the relevant information into tables- clear and formatted correctly. Same size typography, letter fit and style for all. Bold headings used in tables to distinguish heading from main body information.

-Put the relevant information into charts- Same chart type where relevant, same style sizing and format for clarity throughout. Minimized data ink, avoided empty ranges in charts and avoied grid lines where they aren’t needed.

-Use of ‘Bold’ to highlight table and chart headings.

-Use of footers for references.

-Bullet points put in where relevant and same style bullet points flow throughout document.

-Equal spacing between each paragraph.

-Equal spacing between each new section.

-Spell check and grammatical errors fixed.

-Overall consistency throughout

Task 7: Mozilla Thimble Make

Task 6: Iconic, Symbolic and Indexical Image

 

Iconic Image of Audrey Hepburn

 

 

Symbolic Image of men’s bathrooms

 

Trees blowing is a natural sign indexical for wind

 

Task 5: 10 Design Principles- Tax form

Task 4: Produce a chart representing the data

Task 3: Identify 5 fonts

Exercise 3

Example 1:Century Gothic

Example 2: CG Triumvirate

Example 3: Garamond premier pro

Example 4: Helvetica Rounded Bold

Example 5: Baskerville (BT)

Task 2: Use of Preattention

https://www.lauralynn.ie/donate-now.html

The LauraLynn webpage uses preattention to focus and order your movement through a page. When you initially go on to the page your eye is immediately drawn toward the large ‘donate now box’, this is due to the use of the bright yellow and pink colour that contrasts against the rest of the blue scale webpage.

Task 2: Picture that shows Gestalt

This Picture clearly shows the principals of Gestalt. The round shaping of the hand floating over the base of a screw light bulb clearly creates the images of a full light bulb when looking at the image.

How to use the Gestalt principle in your web design projects