This is a magazine spread discussing the origins of the Gill Sans font and was created by myself during the Typography course. This was piece of work I was very happy about when I first created, and I still am happy about, considering the skill level I had at the time. While there isn’t anything special happening with the text, I really like the frame I made around the text using lines and images. I remember creating these lines trying to emulate a rail line on a map, and looking back at it years later, I find myself really liking the path my eyes take down the page following the rail lines. One thing in particular I would like to change though, after looking back at it after many years, is the text is too clumped together. At the time, I was less experienced in this field so I focused on the outside of the image, the “rim” around the text, rather than the text in the center. Doing it again, I would probably try to split the text up into multiple parts and create subtitles like the “Characteristics…” subtitle. But, unlike the Characteristics subtitle, I think I would add either a banner being the text to try and draw attention to them, find a new text font (or a bold/italicized version of the same font), or simply separate the paragraphs by a dotted or faint line

This piece was my first introductory project to InDesign for the Typography course and a project I remember spending a long time on. This was my first time creating such a diverse piece consisting of multiple fonts/font types, and laying out many pieces of singular information (ie. menu items). To achieve this final design through my very limited knowledge at the time, I remember spending a lot of time fidgeting with every part ever so slightly over and over and over again. Through this repetitive process and many critiques, I slowly learned what looked good and what didn’t. Through these many steps, I was able to learn important lessons about graphic design and typography like columns and gutters, margin distance/padding, and text positioning. While I had originally never perceived any of those terms important for me a graphic designer before this project, I quickly learned otherwise. Since I created this, I’ve found myself much more at ease when it comes to making pieces such as this, as I have already learned the importance of positioning and placement of text. This project was my first step on my path of understanding the importance behind the portrayal of information, which was something I had never really considered before hand.