tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75325380381711155652024-03-05T23:19:33.451+00:00David Stanley - Online Learning JournalHND Interactive Media, Wakefield CollegeDavid Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-21831433747319687422009-09-22T20:45:00.002+01:002009-09-22T20:47:06.556+01:00Let The Good Times RollHaving left college in may I found myself thinking what I would do to keep myself active during the time I had free? Unfortunately I found myself not having one day of rest apart from the weekends. During the holidays I took a role at the design mechanics for one month before I was offered a website design position at go2you.co.uk now trading under the Pawprintsigns.<br /><br />The whole three months have go so quickly I have not even had much time to think and gather everything I will need for the start of the new year at Wakefield College. Being back was a sign of relief but now that I have a working job at the same time I think I need to pay more attention on home to manage my time more efficient and make sure that the work I do at college doesn’t fall low because of lack of effort.<br /><br />I can say It is good to be back at college and back learning what I love and this year I hope will be better than the last and I will gain more out of it. The projects that we have been set will determine how the year goes especially the Self Managed Learning Plan (SMLP), which is where I will have to develop a specific subject alone and manage everything.<br /><br />Well now I have outlined in brief what I have been doing over the last three months and the first week back at Wakefield College lets see what the year holds for me.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-71116143901710219292009-09-16T19:58:00.003+01:002009-09-16T20:03:21.253+01:00PHP and MYSQL - Including CMS ResourcesI have been looking around now for a while to find some good and easy reading books. Having asked around and some developers I know below is a list of resources;<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Web Based tutorials and information sites</span><br /><br />www.php.net<br />www.mysql.net<br />www.tizag.com<br />www.good-tutorials.com<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Paperbased Materials</span><br /><br />PHP & MYSQL for Dummies 2nd Edition<br />Teach Yourself MYSQL in 24 Hours<br />PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition)<br />Pro Zend Framework CMS: Building a Full CMS Using Advanced Aspects of the Zend Framework<br />Head First PHP & MySQL<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />There will some more additions to this list so please keep ahving a look at what I will be using to complete the SMLP.</span>David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-15179883128348522302009-09-07T19:04:00.002+01:002009-09-07T19:07:12.597+01:00SMLP: PHP and MYSQLHaving been in the design industry for quite some time I feel that it is a must to be able to create dynamic and <a href="http://www.gamebattles.com">interactive websites</a> and database driven sites. From what I know and have seen, the demand for this kind of skill set is highly demanded from growing and already established companies.<br /><br />Knowing that I have to undertake a self managed learning program and that I am more than capable in the design and development areas, I think I would like to increase my development skill set by learning how dynamic and database driven websites are created.<br /><br />For this I have researched different kinds of content management systems including Wordpress and Joomla and have realised that PHP and MYSQL are the main scripting/programming language and database application that are used to make these programs run.<br /><br />Over the last two month my aspects and role has changed dramatically because not only do I only need to know the fundamentals of how computer languages work but I also need to know what kind of media and file type different programs have to be in.<br />Being confident of what I already know about the design industry and how things work and what is required I think <a href="http://www.php.net">PHP</a> and MYSQL would be the best option to study for my 8 weeks of the SLMP.<br /><br />After looking at the current job opportunities on the internet I think that by knowing these skills would increase the chance of landing a development role in the industry and getting a better paid salary.<br /><br />My goal from the SMLP is to have enough knowledge about PHP and <a href="http://www.mysql.com">MYSQL</a> to design and create my own custom content management system. By doing this I will be looking at different online and paper based resources to help me along with the learning process.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-26897425114415332002009-05-12T22:16:00.000+01:002009-05-12T22:17:43.068+01:00Its the final countdown!The year has finally come to an end and all the pressure and strain has left. Having first arrived at Wakefield College back in September of 2008 seems like it was only yesterday that I was sitting down to receive my first HND Interactive Media assignment. Over the last year I have under took seven different and mixed creative and academic briefs that challenged me in different ways every time I did a different assignment. <br /><br />From designing paint tubes using Abode InDesign and creating websites to w3c compliant standards using Adobe Dreamweaver I have experienced many different software applications and tools that I never thought I would use.<br />The first assignment that I did was A2: A Journey of 1000 miles. The brief for this assignment was to investigate the technical requirements of web design and present my research in academic format. When doing this assignment I really enjoyed doing the research on the equipment and what a web designer would use, but when it came to writing my finding down I found it difficult and struggled to say what I have found and this resulted in me referring the first time. After getting feedback about what I did wrong and needed to change I had one last chance to get this right and fortunately I did.<br /><br />The second brief of the year was A3: Sounds Like a Plan, which was to investigate a websites pre-production process and create a web plan, presented in academic format. Again for this assignment I felt comfortable doing the design and research work but when it came to writing the web plan in the academic format I did find it quite difficult and was not confident that I would get a pass because of this. Has expected I did not pass this assignment first time around but from the feedback given I did make improvements from the previous assignment that was a good sign of development and in the end I did pass the second time around.<br /><br />The first semester came to a close and I had a sign of relief and time to relax before going back and doing it all over again but this time I was looking forward to the design work because I felt stronger at designing then writing word documents.<br />A4: Typecast and A5:Builder was waiting on my lap has soon as college started back up but this time I was managing them simultaneously and juggling between them on Monday and Tuesdays. This didn’t worry me much because designing was my stronger skill and I found it quite easy to think of ideas to use for the A4 assignment, which was to understand the principles of typography and to have an understanding of the language. Also for this I was set mini tasks that were to produce creative work for different briefs in a period of time. I felt excited when I found this out because I always work better when under pressure than having a long period of time to finish a certain design. <br /><br />The A5: builder brief was to build the website that I previously planned and designed in A3: Sounds Like a Plan and validate to standard-compliant web standards. This task for me was like second nature because before joining college I was already good at understanding and coding websites so it didn’t take me has much time has I expected. But during the development process of this site I made a fatal error that was to make me lose out on a higher mark. It was that I didn’t check to see if the website validated correctly<br /><br />I felt really embarrassed but also annoyed at myself because I didn’t pay attention to detail and instead of managing my own workload I was too busy helping peers. But after looking at what I needed to do I quickly amended the websites code and got a pass for the unit without and need for feedback.<br /><br />After the assignments where finished their were no time to relax because another one was waiting around the corner but this time it was a more creative and practical assignment which meant no writing. A6: The Big Picture, this creative brief was set out to investigate Adobe Photoshop and use it has both technical and creative production tool. During this assignment their were many creative pieces of work that needed to be produced with full development ideas generation that through out the year was recorded in my sketchbook.<br /><br />I had to take part in a group presentation that involved presenting a technical Adobe Photoshop tool that would be useful throughout this assignment, create three banner adverts that met standard regulations and where optimized to the correct type of medium/format, Design a website interface based on a separate creative brief which I got given three options to chose from. The options where to design a website for The Magic Circle, Sandal Castle or First time visitors to earth.<br /><br />For this I chose to concentrate my ideas to the First visit to earth but later on in the process I changed my mind and selected Sandal Castle for my website design interface. This took me quite along time to develop and creating all of the different icons and buttons where time consuming but paid of in the grading score and didn’t need to further develop the creative work.<br /><br />Through out the year I have had many good experiences of learning new skills but many times where I felt that I was not challenged to complete the work. After looking back at what I have done I hope that I can progress into the second year with a more enthusiastic attitude and get the marks I push for.<br />Personal Learning Outcomes:<br /><br />• To obtain 3 merits and 5 distinctions<br />• Improve my Spelling and grammar<br />• Put more than 70% into work effort<br />• Be more confident in the work I produceDavid Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-10301937346836185252009-05-06T14:44:00.000+01:002009-05-06T14:45:48.931+01:00Better Late than Never!!!Its finally come to the end of the first year of the HND Interactive Media course and what a roller coaster the last couple have weeks have been with issues in and out of college.<br /><br />I was given the last core assignment and creative brief that was to last until the end of the semester and to be one of the most important modules I had to learn. Not having much motivation and determination in the weeks that I started to develop the creative work.<br />This included designing a digipak that consisted of a front, back, spine, inner cover and a CD-Rom design for a German music production company Ratser-Noton.<br /><br />During this assignment brief I felt quite optimistic towards what I had to develop and looked forward to making the custom designs. But a few weeks into the development I began to feel the strain between trying to stop my emotions from outside of college that had developed conflicting with the works progress. <br /><br />But has the weeks dragged out I am still finding it hard to separate the feelings from what is occurring and its making me lack confidence and motivation which doesn’t help me when creating artwork.<br />Also for this brief we had to design a new logo for the company and had to promote the new release of a current album including writing a promotional review and designing a advertisement which had budget and measurement restrictions.<br /><br />Overall I have had a good start to the HND Interactive media course and hpe to progress to the second year but the last few weeks have been an emotional tragedy. Looking to over come this and make the best of what I can do is a key factor to my progression.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-49100734472395233232009-04-03T13:56:00.001+01:002009-04-03T13:58:07.415+01:00The up's and downs of an Interactive Media studentNow that it has nearly come to the end of the first year on the HND Interactive media I am still wondering where all the time went. <br /><br />The last couple of weeks have been quite stressful with the assignments and tasks that I have had to do. Trying to juggle between two assignments is becoming more of an instant task than a relative practice. <br /><br />Having to build a website and make sure that it met the project goals previously stated in the earlier assignment was on of the two of the tasks that I had to juggle with the other to develop and create image manipulations using Adobe Photoshop. <br />I thought that the building of the website was quite easy to do, but I still kept focus on the task and tried to pick up anything that I was doing wrong or doing different to what I was being taught. The creative assignment I thought was the most ambitious and I found that I really enjoyed creating different pieces of work including advertisement banners and a website interface.<br /><br />I felt that I had done enough work in both assignments to get the grades I deserved but with not paying attention to the little detail I missed a vital element on building a website which caused the website not to validate. For the other assignment my development work was good quality and yet again not paying attention to detail was my downfall of receiving a higher mark than I achieved.<br /><br />Looking Back at the last few weeks I am starting to realize that if I can pay attention more and use the spare time I have constructively I could grind out the better grades.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-84057814956608388172009-03-22T19:53:00.001+00:002009-03-23T16:15:45.806+00:00[R-N 94 ] Kangding Ray - Automne FoldRaster - Norton music label corporation are set to re-release their German hit winning album ‘Automne Fold’ written and created by artist Kangding Ray, former known as David Letellier which was originally released in 2008.<br /><br />The re-release are to include a change in the Raster - Nortons group branding, including new corporate logo design and new art work for the album. The tracks have a mixed variety of styles which include Glitch, Abstract and Minimal but with the music genre still being an electronic/synthetic style of listening. <br /><br /> In this album the pulsating rhythm beats become lost within the background-saturated strings, words are spoken over bowed acoustic guitars, and analogue synthesisers which run into each other with a more techno/IDM field recordings. Vocals are a central theme throughout the record. Treated as raw material, like any other sound, the voice operates several styles of beats, melodies or sets themes. <br /><br />In some moments, it feels like listening of a modern and traditional song structure, but also manages radical abstract textures, when tracks morph in closed forms of static sounds. Automne Fold is an instrumental record, an album of 14 "folded" tracks.<br />Having listened to the album the first track ‘Konstruktiv’ which lasts for a merely 1 minute 44 seconds has a high tempo based pulse that as a beat throughout the track with a distinct instrumental and tranquil background sympathy.<br /><br />‘Automne Fold’ continues on from ‘Konstruktiv’ and sound like a Computer or electronic synthesiser has been used and creates a static disturbance throughout with the same pulse repeating over and over again. The techno, futuristic rhythm/vibe in this makes it more mechanical or an atmosphere in a metal/steel manufacturers workshop.<br />Both ‘Downshifters’ and ‘The Distance’ have a Piano [Detuned] being played in several instances of the tracks by Vincent Feuillet. The feeling of someone running in the wilderness away from something at a high rate of speed then suddenly stopping to either finds that they have escaped or have been captured.<br /><br />Automne Fold is largely introspective (although not melancholic) in mood, despite its musical genre. This is due to the various artists’ sombre melodies and choice of organic instruments, such as the sonorous bowed guitars, double bass and violins being used. <br /><br />With Vocals being introduced in ‘A Protest Song’ and ‘Quarante’ to the highly anticipated electronic styles of music that are accompanied by a spoken word selection written and spoken by author Andrew Cannon. With the sound and shape of soft sounding words and their rhythmic combination moves generously from these pieces. While a more dark, creepy lyricism is characteristic of all of the works on display here, it is, perhaps naturally enough, most apparent on these tracks.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-36588782927311683232009-02-02T15:30:00.002+00:002009-02-02T15:33:50.325+00:00Timing Is CriticalHaving just started semester two knowing that I had referred yet again another assignment on little mistakes I feel has I need to be paying more attention to proof reading documents and submission material before it is due.<br /><br />The referral of A3: Sounds Like a Plan really got me down especially when it was mainly due to the fact the spelling and punctuation was not acceptable and needed to be re worded and written. Although on a good note I did pass the A4: Typecast which made workload a lot easier and gave me less to worry about and more time to spend on the upcoming assignments.<br /><br />Having being given and read the new brief’s I think that If I can manage to fill in my time management sheets correctly and pay attention to detail I could end up getting a good grade.<br /><br />A5: Builder and A6: The Big Picture projects will mainly concentrate on our creative and development skills. This I think will give me the perfect opportunity to express my creative side and do something more exciting and less academic.<br />Our first task is to create a manga character based either on a self-portrait or just to be creative and develop a nice concept design.<br /><br />I feel that If I can put more effort in to achieving the project outcomes and appreciate on how the subject needs to be approached I will have a good structure to go on to the final assignment of year one. Keeping in mind that I keep notes on development practice and remember to log my times spent working.<br /><br />Looking forward into the future of the A7 creative brief I think that this will be a fantastic opportunity to gather everything that we have learned and put it in to practice and being specific amounts and technical measurements we must not pass will give us a understanding of how the real design industry works.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-6263275367729562342009-01-21T10:11:00.000+00:002009-01-21T10:12:25.971+00:00The start of a new tomorrowHaving just completed my first semester of the HND Interactive Media course I am still wondering where the last fifteen weeks has gone. Looking back I feel that I have achieved a substantial amount of technical knowledge from some of the modules that I have completed. The worry for me about beginning this course was my spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPG) was not that great and I thought it would cause major problems for me when actually writing up documents and making sure that they were readable.<br /><br />When we first got given the A2: A Journey of 1000 Miles assignment brief I was not particularly confident that I would pass this assignment and knowing it was a core module it worried me. With preparation lectures on how to present the document and how to correctly reference different mediums it all started to take shape and I began to become less worried. With only a few days to go before the handing in date of the A2 assignment I made sure that I had proof read the entire document at least three times and I also gave a copy to a family to check before submitting it.<br />When I got told I had referred the assignment I wasn’t surprised, but to be told it was on the referencing and not my SPG that gave me a confidence boost of a thousand. With the minor adjustment to make on the references I finally passed the module.<br /><br />Now that the first assignment was passed, with little time to let it all sink in we were given our third and fourth assignments; A3: Sounds like a Plan and A4: Typecast, which if I calculated it correctly they had to be finished within an eight week timeslot. This was a big step up from the first because not only we had to do two assignments back to back, we also had to focus more on them and be able to switch the focus from one task to another. <br /><br />After reading both creative briefs I was more enthusiastic and pleased that we were going to building and designing a web template and plan for a British Olympic medal winner of our choice. Not doing a web plan before but having made enough templates I wondered what it would be like to actually plan it all before getting straight to work on the design. Given time management sheets to fill in helped me split the tasks up and look at what I needed to achieve to be on schedule for the submission date. <br /><br />However the A$: Typecast was a whole new level of understanding for me not only did we get mini assignments that had to be completed in a set amount of time, we also looked at font identification and typecast methods. This was a really good experience for me because not having the knowledge previously gave me the chance to learn something new and what I need to know for the Industry. From my previous blog you will see the different types of mini tasks I had to do and my finished screen design for the A3 assignment.<br /><br />........... Let’s hope that semester 2 is going to be as good as the first.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-60782237297793626742009-01-12T21:08:00.002+00:002009-01-12T21:14:29.833+00:00A Flash From The PastLooking back at the last few weeks of the course and being over a quarter through the first year. I think I have achieved a good understanding of the Units we have covered in the assignments and learned from previous mistakes to implement in the assignment I have just handed in for submission. <br /><br />The Christmas holidays were a hard experience for me as it’s always a busy period and I wanted to make sure that I had accomplished a major majority of the work load so I had minor tasks to do and adjust any mistakes when we began college again in January.<br /><br />The assignment <a href="http://david-stanley.co.uk/ben-ainsle.jpg">screenshot of the proposed webpage</a> took me a few attempts to get exactly how I wanted it because of the measurements and the fact I have not used Adobe InDesign that much apart from the A4 mini tasks.<br /><br />The mini tasks themselves where enjoyable in ways but somewhere difficult in others because of the scales of the designs and how they looked on screen to actually being printed out. The most enjoyable task was the Hokai paint tube re-design, because it was on a small scale and had to have technical aspects that needed to be shown on the scaled design and needed time and attention to realise where and what was going to be shown.<br /><br />The feelings all rushed back before and after handing the assignment in of doubt and feeling that I have forgot something or forgot to do something. Also knowing that other members of the class where in the same situation made me feel better but it always was daunting in the back of my mind.<br /><br />To summarise the last few weeks working up to today it has been a more enjoyable and fast paced rate than when we first began the course, making me work and think faster for the time given for some tasks which was a fun process.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-23862505050586727172008-12-11T17:13:00.000+00:002008-12-11T17:16:15.094+00:00The Day Time Stood StillOver the last few weeks it has been an emotional rollercoaster, especially with being told we were to be given our assignment marks. This made my stomach turn inside out because thinking if I failed the first core assignment, what would I be like under more stress and pressure to do tasks?<br /><br />I got the chance to feel what t was like to be under pressure and have a short deadline to finish a task in when we were given a short mini task called Hokai. The task was to create and design a new paint tube from a technical brief that we were given with a timescale of 3 hours 30 minutes. The design itself was exciting and challenging because of the work area we had to develop ideas for and to put all necessary information on that was given. Personally it wouldn’t be what I wanted to do have a qualified designer but it better than writing all the time.<br /><br />The following Monday we had to give a 10 minute presentation on what we had learned the following week about the PARC principles. The group I was in had to give an example of repetition and show some examples of the different kinds and a summary of what it was. I wasn’t that nervous about getting up because I’m not a shy person, but when the nerves stood in front of the group kicked in and I was speechless. <br /><br />I found this strange has I have done presentations before for my A levels and couldn’t understand why I was like this, but I think it could have been the fact I study with the same peers over the week and they were more like friends than just a group of people.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-43923902911508873282008-11-28T14:02:00.000+00:002008-11-28T14:04:11.342+00:00The Day After TomorrowThe day has arrived; yes you guessed it the results from the first assignment are in. Taking in to account everything that has been going on the last few weeks there wasn’t much time to think of what grade I would receive having being handed another two assignments to complete.<br /><br />I really didn’t know how to feel about what would happen if I referred and what I would have to change or improve to get a pass grade with my concerns about my SPG. The fact I haven’t written a academicals document in over 4 years really started to make me worry .The same afternoon I got my grade for the assignment, it is what I expected but I was really pleased it wasn’t has bad has I thought it would have been. Knowing I could make changes and being re assured about what I need to do to make the pass grade.<br /><br />felt really pleased when told we were finally going to do some design work and not as much academicals because I’m more stronger when it comes to being creative and already having previous skills in that side of the field. Running with two assignments side by side made me take a step back and think about how I’m going to manage my time. For this I made a schedule plan listing what I needed to achieve for the weeks ahead and I must admit I was not putting as much effort in as I should have because I had different opinions on what was needed to what is needed.<br /><br />With clarification on what was needed I got ‘stuck in and now are up to date with all my assignments and self study tasks which is a extremely good feeling to have lifted the weight of my shoulders.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-36689427859225161112008-11-12T00:02:00.002+00:002008-11-12T00:08:10.439+00:00The Real Deal - Design MechanicsYesterday was our first real introduction to the dynamic and fast growing design industry.<br /><br />Dave Pannell, company director of <a href="http://www.thedesignmechanics.com/">Design Mechanics</a> and creative designer Craig Burges dropped in and gave insight on what it’s like to manage clients in the ‘real world’.<br /><br />During the presentation many questions were asked and answered about the views and experience of what it takes to be a successful designer. It came to me when Dave mentioned that a good designer would be able to create a piece of good design within a few hours from the first creative brief given by the client to the final design presented. I found this as a shock to the system from designs I have previously made that I generate a collection of about four different logos and usually adjust a website numerous times before I’m happy with the result.<br /><br />Having to work to a specific time scale and having more than one client’s request in production as Craig mentioned made me realise what the <a href="http://hnd-interactive-media.com">Interactive Media</a> course is adjusting me for and how important the change will be to the future of starting a career in the <a href="http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/About-Design/Research/The-Business-of-Design2/">design industry</a>.<br /><br />During the talk Dave mentioned personal problems that he had to overcome and how difficult it is to be a company director. Giving advice of past experiences that he and Craig had experienced really helped me, just not in running your own business but in the design industry on how important it is getting to know your surroundings and to research the potential possibilities of client’s needs and the background of the businesses they run or work for.<br /><br />My thoughts at the end of the presentation were that it takes a mature but a creative individual to be able to meet the standards of the design world. Not just on the designs that they can produce, but from the planning to knowing what the clients need because if not it could lead to a commercial setback.<br /><br />Also I want teh oppertunity to thankyou Dave Pannell and Craig Burges for taking time out their busy schedule to give our group an insight to the industry.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-91085656352393703322008-11-04T13:36:00.009+00:002008-11-04T15:49:23.980+00:00Symbols and Signs make creative designs?Zapf <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat">Dingbats</a> was <sup>1</sup> designed by a typographer named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Zapf">Hermann Zapf</a> who is married to the type designer and lettering artist Gudrun Zapf von Hesse. Zapf Dingbats where created as an international computer typeface and was licensed by the International Typeface Corporation in 1978.<br /><br />Hermann Zapf created around 1000 sketches and designs of symbols and signs according to linotype. ITC chose from a subset of 360 symbols, ornaments and typographic elements based on the original designs, which became formally known around the world as Zapf Dingbats.<br /> <br />According to Wikipedia Zapf Dingbats gained wide distribution when ITC Zapf Dingbats, which consists of the subset chosen by ITC, became one of 35 PostScript fonts built into <a href="http://www.apple.com">Apple</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserWriter">LaserWriter Plus</a> and that the typeface is distributed with Acrobat Reader 5 and 5.1.<br /><br /><sup>2</sup><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d0D4uaiuqGkqz_nsnzHwekq-zpjiCffcsRatVjLy03Ca0mtl0Gf84Zkcds4y0wUdsCDCaSXGBElVHw1NhfntzEmrG-7VvOjwedqZpAk-ydR4GqEB8CQpR1bGFQDU76f_dgULl3Yre2nE/s1600-h/ZapfDingbats.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1d0D4uaiuqGkqz_nsnzHwekq-zpjiCffcsRatVjLy03Ca0mtl0Gf84Zkcds4y0wUdsCDCaSXGBElVHw1NhfntzEmrG-7VvOjwedqZpAk-ydR4GqEB8CQpR1bGFQDU76f_dgULl3Yre2nE/s320/ZapfDingbats.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264797104607880034" /></a><br /><br />From above you see the characterisation of the Zapf Dingbats which is formed up of symbols and images but also you see others like arrows and stars. <sup>3</sup> These are a combination of the updated version of Zapf, commonly known has Zapf Essentials. <br /><br />Consists of 6 symbol-encoded fonts categorized in Arrows , Communication (pointing fingers, communication devices), Markers (squares, triangles, circles, ticks, hearts, crosses, check marks, leafs), Office (pen, clock, currency, scissors, hand), Ornaments (flowers, stars), for a total of 372 glyphs. The standard set for the ICT glyphs are included in Unicode and it is one of the "Basic 14" typefaces guaranteed to be available for PDF files.<br /><br /> However, not all ITC Zapf Dingbats glyphs are included in the <a href="http://www.linotype.com/en/1460/linotypezapfessentials.html?PHPSESSID=289ae4d0b4cfb13670f0b0098b6d6c23">Zapf Essentials</a> collections (e.g.: airplane and letter).<br /><br /><sup>4</sup> Dingbats and Wingdings and similar fonts provide an easy way of adding graphics by simply typing them as text. However, you have to remember which letters and digits produce which symbols as in the examples above. <br /><br />Below is a link to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF">PDF</a> that has the full listing of the decimal and Hexadecimal codes and characters used to create each Dingbat.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2700.pdf"><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Official Unicode Zapf Dingbat code chart</span></span></a><br /><br /><br />References<br /><br />1. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapf_Dingbats">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapf_Dingbats</a><br />2. <a href="http://www.identifont.com/show?1O0">www.identifont.com</a><br />3. <a href="http://www.linotype.com/en/1460/linotypezapfessentials.html">http://www.linotype.com/en/1460/linotypezapfessentials.html</a><br />4. <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/dingbats">http://www.answers.com/topic/dingbats</a>David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-15773557815153693202008-10-22T00:19:00.000+01:002008-10-22T00:20:22.798+01:00Gone in 60 Seconds!Now that I have come to the end of the first semester all I can say is ‘Where has the first 6 week gone?’<br /><br />Due to how fast the first 6 weeks have gone and that the first assignment deadline as passed I find myself more calm and collective but still slightly nervous on what result I will receive. I got asked the question; do you think you have made the right choice in the course you chose? Well the answer is this,<br /><br />During the weeks I have been in college it has been an excellent experience even though we have mainly concentrated on doing academicals writing. This was good for me because I have not written a document in over 3 years and made me wonder how bad my skills have become from leaving college the previous time.<br /><br />From personal seminars to group seminars it has been an enjoyable experience and as help to me because it gave me the opportunity to discuss personal problems and concerns and to see what other people has been doing and what issues they are having worries about. Also during the group seminars we got chance to discuss our inspirational pieces, which I found quiet difficult at first but with more practice on trying to explain why it is becoming an easier process to do.<br /><br />Overall it has been a good and interesting 6 week with both good and bad times and now I just want to relax and concentrate on the challenges I will have to face and to prepare how I will manage time efficiently to meet the next hurdle towards the beginning of hopefully what will become the rest of my life.David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532538038171115565.post-9788666321047463642008-10-08T00:05:00.002+01:002008-10-08T00:08:16.674+01:00The Longest YardNow that four week has passed the feeling of being nervous has faded away after given the chance to get to know each other better, become more comfortable within the group and taking part in team building events in and out of college.<br /><br />As the first few weeks progressed and the forum and self study tasks got introduced I felt generally pleased until I posted my first thread and found out that my (SPG) spelling, punctuation and grammar was not at a satisfactory level and told it was needed to be improved. These comments hit me hard and got me down on some days, but I thought to myself that the only way to fix the problem was to practice more and get use to using ‘proper’ English by every means necessary.<br /><br />The self study tasks that we got set including ‘ Finding Inspiration’ I found difficult comment on my inspirational work has I have not had previous experience with doing this task which I’m still trying to find the right words to describe the pieces chosen.<br /><br />With taken the comments in mind of what I have done so far, I think for the future I will try to be more expressive with my work and practise has much as possible with my academic skills which includes SPG and referencing sources of information.<br /><br />But on a good note the course so far is meeting my expectations on challenges, and that I’m learning about software I have never used before and cannot wait for the future experiences.David 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<br />I am a full time first year <a href="http://www.hnd-interactive-media.co.uk">HND Interactive Media</a> student currently studying at Wakefield College. Throughout the year I have experienced full time and part time employment that included working all areas of different industries, from management to general warehouse and administration work.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Also I have had the chance to obtain two A Level qualifications in computing which I also studied at <a href="http://www.wakcoll.ac.uk/">Wakefield College</a> back in 2003.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">During my previous years I have had high points and low points of my life and through this I think I have become a more mature person and understand things that younger people wouldn't or don't have experience of. <span style=""> </span>Also I think it has made me a stronger and more open minded individual towards how to look at life and decide what I want from it and how I need to behave to achieve my goals.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I think that I have come to a point in my life where I want to better myself and improve my skills in different aspects of the computer and design industry. I have had previous experience and knowledge in these areas but not enough to progress further into industrial employment or be able to acquire a qualification that is credited with UK companies.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">From the time I will be spending at college I hope that I will get many different experiences and gather more skills and get a better understanding about web development and how it works. Also I wish to be challenged in the work I get set so I will be able to work to my full potential to get the required grade, and the grade I deserve.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I would also like to learn software applications and <a href="http://www.adobe.com">design packages</a> that I have never used before and have little or no understanding of. I think this will increase the potential of my creativeness and also extend the range of my design skills and make me think ‘Out of the box’.</p> David Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13473976870396992645noreply@blogger.com0