This week I was asked to play some typography games, find pictures that were examples of some of the concepts we learned this week, do a newspaper markup and do my first graphic design typesetting assignment. I actually had fun with every assignment, although I was most nervous abut typesetting. I have this irrational fear of graphic design and anything that dives in too much with computers. I even tried to learn how to code and all of the unknown stuff just freaks me out. It’s probably because I’m naturally good at a lot things and I hate being uncertain with anything, but that’s totally off topic! I put off the type setting assignment until the last day because I didn’t want to deal with it or feel overwhelmed. Luckily there was a video, that I definitely should’ve watched on Monday but me being me, I’m over dramatic and didn’t. After I watched it, I felt a bit more confident because it didn’t seem impossible to do. After I played around with it, I found it more fun. My friends were also able to give me some InDesign tips. Hopefully my anxiety toward the unknown subsides soon!
