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This site has nice 11 rules of netiquette list, easy to read & access the info.

interesting slide show on al the rules you should use for typing within the elements of design

Quick reference to emphasis in design.

about.com page on emphais

Goes beyond explaining emphasis and provides useful tips and ideas regarding the actual use of emphasis in varying levels of design. (Week 10, 11/30)

Reading Notes 9/11: Description of NP-hard problems. Text did not explain what NP meant.

I really like this resource because it goes beyond the what abstract is, might, or can be and delves into the actual processes involved in various abstract works. It provides a different angle to the topic. (Week 9, 11/30)

This resource is sort of an aggregate of several resources. Each goes into and provides different perspectives of how typography can and is used. There is a lot of variance to each and I like all of the differentiation. (Week 11, 12/1)

"Adding emphasis to your writing will help readers see your main ideas both within sentences as well as with in the entire essay. Em phasis and variety can be achieved through design as well as thr ough the positioning of words within the sentence."

I like this resource because it looks at style and emphasis from a more academic viewpoint. (Week 10, 11/30)

How to create contrast in text

explains which fonts to use and when to use them, what size your font should be, etc..

Please take a look at the popplet url I've posted here it has the update with what we have learned so far.

Learning Reflection 9-11-2013 popplet update

Here is my updated popplet

This website shows how lines can effect the entire mood of a web page. It gives some great insights of when certain types of lines are appropriate in web design.

This website gives some tips on what designer needs to know about typography and how to correctly use it in a design. It tells you to read your design first to make sure that you understand it. If you are having trouble, then of course someone else will as well. It also tells you to keep titles big that way people can identify what the title is. This website gives some very good information that is very useful.

This website gives some tips on what designer needs to know about typography and how to correctly use it in a design. It tells you to read your design first to make sure that you understand it. If you are having trouble, then of course someone else will as well. It also tells you to keep titles big that way people can identify what the title is. This website gives some very good information that is very useful.

This website provided another perspective on the issue the reading discussed. Is there a solution for inequality?

Three-minute video on the history of rhetoric. Nice brief-yet-informative video on the basic concepts and other nice tidbits that provides good background knowledge.

This site gives step by step directions on how to draw the golden spiral, which I found to be the most changeling concept discussed this week. This site is really helpful if you wanted to use the Golden Spiral rule to give balance to an image.

This site gives step by step directions on how to draw the golden spiral, which I found to be the most changeling concept discussed this week. This site is really helpful if you wanted to use the Golden Spiral rule to give balance to an image.

Balance is one of the important points the success of a design. Everyone loves the convenience to what they see. Balance in graphic design can be achieved by adjusting the visual weight of each element, both in terms of scale, color, contrast, etc.

This website gives great examples and dialog on the principles of alignment in graphic design. It shows examples on right, left, and center alignment.

Shows photo examples of alignment.