For my website I would choose to make it very clean, but colorful. Wysocki addresses the fact that when looking at a piece of work you automatically categorize it. For example, when you see a black and white paper that is double spaced with twelve font you automatically think of a school paper. For my website, I would choose to veer away from that because I want to attract people of all audiences and interests. Wysocki also talks about the importance of photographs and states that they “add a sense of reality”. I would choose to add photographs to my website in order to make it more interesting and not all words, which can be unappealing to some audiences. Wysocki addresses the importance of font and font size. The font can change the overall appeal of the message so it’s very important to choose a font that matches your message.
This text showed me how us as readers perceive a certain font or text and how it can influence our mood and how we feel about a certain reading. It also showed me how elaborate texts can draw us into something such as a poster or a title page of a book. Also how very bland fonts do not appeal to many readers as they might think of it as boring and plain. This gives me a lot to think about as project three comes closer. It makes me think of the reader and what type of fonts might draw them into my website, social media page, etc. This text was very helpful for this type of assignment.
I will also be using what I learned from this article and apply it to my website for project 3. I also want to veer away from the black and white school paper type and make my website colorful and unique.
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