Fonts and Frustrations

On Monday I checked in to see what was going to be going on for class this week. My professor normally puts up the module for the week on Monday afternoon.  When I logged in to Canvas, I saw that she had posted an announcement telling us that Monday was a holiday. She would still have her zoom, but otherwise to enjoy our time off.  When no module was posted on Monday afternoon, I assumed there was not going to be any class for the week.  

Today I opened up canvas to look up the directions for an assignment for a different class and noticed that I had two assignments for THIS class due tomorrow.  It's not a big deal. I have time to get it all done, even though I'm late doing the discussion. However, I really wish professors would be considerate and let their class know when they are going to post the module on a day other than the usual day. 

So today I learned I should never assume that there is no class for the week.  

Catching up on all of the lecture/videos in module 3 today, I learned about accessing the many fonts Adobe has to offer.  I was confused by all of the references to TypeKit.  I kept searching and trying to figure out how to access this marvel, only to discover that it's not TypeKit anymore; it's Adobe Fonts. Lo and behold,  I have already learned how to access Adobe Fonts when I was following along in one of the LinkeInLearning videos.

My favorite thing was watching the Terry White video called "InDesign Special Effects".  I enjoyed learning about making type into and outline and combining it with other frames to create really interesting effects.  

New Beginnings

I went to blogger.com to create this blog and discovered that I was already logged in because my old blogger account was absorbed into my google account.  The last time I blogged was in 2015. Blogging used to be how I kept friends and family up to date. Then Facebook came along and blogging slowly faded away.  And now here I am blogging again, but my great aunt Carol in Georgia will not be reading it. 

The first week of class is coming to a close.  I can tell that I’m going to really have to carve out a solid schedule to make this class work around my schedule. For example, we’re supposed to watch three hours of LinkedIn Learning videos per week.  But watching three hours really takes 6 hours if you are following along in InDesign and attempting to do what the video shows.  I’m lucky that I can watch the videos on my iPad so I don’t have to toggle between windows on my laptop, but I still have to continually pause the video so I can find the tools on my screen and attempt to follow what the instructor is doing.  

The Quick Start Guide by Kladi was definitely fast paced.  She was talking a mile a minute and there were several times when I had to back up and rewatch because I didn’t see what she did. The course by David Blatner is much better. I like being able to access the files he was demonstrating on so I could follow along.  I feel like I have a good grasp of creating new documents in inDesign and the various parameters that you can change when creating that document.  I also learned how to create text frames and image frames and how to place text and images.  I have made many a flyer in Photoshop, so I can definitely see how inDesign is far superior for page layouts.