I chose to make a newsletter for the vocal music department at the JT Lambert Intermediate School. This is a publication that we produce monthly to inform the members of our department about what is going on and to relay important information to our parents. The newsletter also acts as an informant to the community and surrounding areas which promotes support of choral music in our school district. Up until this point, the newsletter has been done in a plain, letter format. By introducing it to DTP guidelines, we will be making the newsletter more visually appealing which in turn generate more interest in parents, students, and community members to read the publication.
I chose a portrait layout to my newsletter as I wanted it to look more like a newspaper type publication. I chose to center all my article information in order to make the text look more orderly. I made sure that I did not put more than one space in between sentences. To make my text both visually appealing and informative, I used Times New Roman as my serif font and Cooper Std Black as my San Serif font. I used my san serif font for headings and big words due to its visually pleasing nature and my serif font for my articles since it is easier to read. All article headings are put in italics rather than using underline or outline features. This makes the heading stand out, but not enough that it looks distant from the rest of the article. My articles are written in size 12 font in order to fit as much information as possible on the document. I used a mix of both capital and lower case letters. I do not mix alignments by giving my entire document a center alignment. All objects are centered in the publication. My boarder does not touch the edge of the paper, giving it just enough room to make it look proper. My boarder is simple and not distracting to the text. No images were placed in the middle of the text – all images were placed outside of the text. All clip art used is either from Inspiration or Microsoft Word clip art, meaning I don’t have to cite any of my images.
The only rule that I chose to break was the “box crazy” rule, which said you shouldn’t use a whole lot of boxes. However, I decided to use them because it broke up my information in a nice, orderly fashion. When I used the boxes, I made sure they were of equal size and didn’t touch each other so that each had its own space. The boxes used are symmetrical and do not crowd the page too much. It highlights important information that parents and students should read.
The only aspect of the newsletter I would like to change before it is distributed in September is the pictures. I would like to use pictures of actual students in the newsletter so that students can see real people that are in their school. It will make the newsletter more personable and connect students with are department in a more effective way.
Overall, I believe this publication does a good job at presenting information, in a visually pleasing way without being too distracting. Students, parents, and community members will be visually intrigued by this document and will be more likely to read its contents. It will be a great asset to our department.
I chose to make a newsletter for the vocal music department at the JT Lambert Intermediate School. This is a publication that we produce monthly to inform the members of our department about what is going on and to relay important information to our parents. The newsletter also acts as an informant to the community and surrounding areas which promotes support of choral music in our school district. Up until this point, the newsletter has been done in a plain, letter format. By introducing it to DTP guidelines, we will be making the newsletter more visually appealing which in turn generate more interest in parents, students, and community members to read the publication.
I chose a portrait layout to my newsletter as I wanted it to look more like a newspaper type publication. I chose to center all my article information in order to make the text look more orderly. I made sure that I did not put more than one space in between sentences. To make my text both visually appealing and informative, I used Times New Roman as my serif font and Cooper Std Black as my San Serif font. I used my san serif font for headings and big words due to its visually pleasing nature and my serif font for my articles since it is easier to read. All article headings are put in italics rather than using underline or outline features. This makes the heading stand out, but not enough that it looks distant from the rest of the article. My articles are written in size 12 font in order to fit as much information as possible on the document. I used a mix of both capital and lower case letters. I do not mix alignments by giving my entire document a center alignment. All objects are centered in the publication. My boarder does not touch the edge of the paper, giving it just enough room to make it look proper. My boarder is simple and not distracting to the text. No images were placed in the middle of the text – all images were placed outside of the text. All clip art used is either from Inspiration or Microsoft Word clip art, meaning I don’t have to cite any of my images.
The only rule that I chose to break was the “box crazy” rule, which said you shouldn’t use a whole lot of boxes. However, I decided to use them because it broke up my information in a nice, orderly fashion. When I used the boxes, I made sure they were of equal size and didn’t touch each other so that each had its own space. The boxes used are symmetrical and do not crowd the page too much. It highlights important information that parents and students should read.
The only aspect of the newsletter I would like to change before it is distributed in September is the pictures. I would like to use pictures of actual students in the newsletter so that students can see real people that are in their school. It will make the newsletter more personable and connect students with are department in a more effective way.
Overall, I believe this publication does a good job at presenting information, in a visually pleasing way without being too distracting. Students, parents, and community members will be visually intrigued by this document and will be more likely to read its contents. It will be a great asset to our department.