Type Crit:

I didn't really get much feedback to do with page order etc from my crit so decided to have a crit with Graham to discuss it. He gave some really good advice to do with catalogues and exhibitions in general as well as analysing what I had done. Here's what was discussed:

- What year is it from? People like to keep exhibition catalogues put the year on it

- If it's a poster you need to put the day as well as date

- If only 5/6 pages a 12 column grid might be too much, try not to go above 6

- Every element on a page needs to relate to something, needs to line up with something

- If white text on black photo, what if you get a light photo? Design for all situations

- If white on black photo but some type unreadable put drop shadow behind so it picks it out

- To get rid of a widow take the line above and reduce it to 97% *cheat*

My work:

{Film info}

- More spacing between each event to break it up into individual events

- Where the line goes into two maybe drop a point size in leading to join them up a bit more so it doesn't look like another event without a number

- Include an introduction into the booklet to explain what it's used for, also maybe something to explain what the visualisation is. No more than 20-30 words needed

- Make more of the heading, make it bigger but also make it delicate like the visualisation, perhaps include some of the graphic elements from the diagram

- Put events heading on both sides

- Move the key inside

- Drop event key down a point size

- The grey of the text is perhaps too dark

{EE}

- Headings possibly too big? Find the biggest heading and test that out first and then use that as a basis for the rest

- If I were to use the white border, bring it out into the gutter so the picture lines up with text

- Use more spacing in the menu to make it look more expensive

- (Logo) Combine the n or the g with the tail of the Q