Hello everyone! Now that I’ve finished the courses section on on digital media foundations I’ve had some time to reflect back on the classes readings and overall learning objectives. As a whole the first three modules of the class taught me a great deal about the base foundations that today’s current multimedia landscape is built upon.

The classes most recent readings, Multimedia Foundations, Chapter Eight, introduced concepts that I have previously over looked. The chapter touched on the subject of typography, which is defined as, “the art of deigning and arranging type,” (Costello, 236). At first glance, I thought the subject would be something I had already understood through my years of working with fonts on a computer, but shortly after beginning my readings, I realized that the letters presented on a screen, or through print media, help to structure specifically tailored messages. For instance, the Serif typeface, notably used by the New York Times, as well as this blog post, helps to present a more serious message. In contrast, the Sans Serif typeface, notably used by USA Today, presents a more modern and current styled message. The different uses of typeface exemplifies some of the nuanced topics, that hold serious weight in todays multimedia landscape. Chapter eight helped me understand the idea that, no matter how small the detail may seem when it comes to crafting a message for any form of media, there is a level of importance that should not be overlooked.