Further Refinement to Pages - CoP Practical

Blue highlight = essay research influence

From crit Ryan suggested having the numbers of the rule correspond to the colour of the chapter, further pushing the inclusion of colour as a coding system.

With no colour:

- Isn't as clear where the rules are since they don't jump out as much.

- Adding colour may cause distraction in some cases but not here as it will be consistent across all content pages so will serve as a navigational tool over an aesthetic one. 

With colour:

- With colour works well, makes it very clear where the rules are, making it easier when scanning the page for a specific rule. 

- Should do this for the rest of the pages.

- May have issue on yellow pages should change the colour or have the text in black. (ALTERATION ADDED HERE, MADE YELLOW INTO ORANGE, ENOUGH DIFFERENCE FROM RED BUT MROE CONTRAST WITH WHITE TEXT OVER THE TOP)

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Thinking about the 'law text':

Black at 40 tint

Black at 70 tint

Red at 40 tint

Red at 70 tint

Find the inclusion of colour makes the text stand out too much (this is what's used in the original publication but they make the text much smaller to compensate). 

The italics work well (as decided earlier in project) and the lighter tint on black is most successful. 
*black at 50 tint is best

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Working on the must/must not points: 
- The must/must not points are key for that specific section but not for the rest of the text, they don't need to add to hierarchy of the spread but add to the hierarchy of that specific section. 
- Have been highlighted as key parts of the rule so need to emphasise these but in a way that isn't distracting.  

Colour - This is used in the official Highway Code publication. When used it jumps out on the page, could make it distracting but does the job in terms of making it more memorable. Could have at a lighter tint?

Red text

Underline - Potentially is less invasive, stands out when reading that section of text but doesn't stand out on the page as a whole. 

Regular underlined

Semibold underlined
- Provides a little more visual emphasis on these words.

Bold - Mentioned by Foster and Coles (2007) that bold is prefered form of cueing, may create a visual competition with other hierarchy, see how it looks in varying weights.

Semibold
- Doesn't stand out too much, it is similar to the rest of the text.
- Stands out slightly when reading the section but not as much when the whole page is viewed as a whole (has a similar impact to underlining).

Bold
- Has a much larger impact on the spread visually, the words really stand out.
- Creates a slight visual distraction to these sections of text. 

Which to use? 
- Underline works the best, it provides emphasis on the word without creating a visual distraction on the spread as a whole. 

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Final tweaks:

Page numbers - feeling too similar to title of chapter, doesn't stand out enough

Just increasing the weight had a good impact, it make the number the focus which will assist the reader when flicking through the publication to navigate. 

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Updates to title pages made up updates to contents page:

Want the contents page to fit with the new title pages, having the tabs be consistent:

Flat end is a little odd, doesn't work.

- Chapter 4 is making it look a little visually odd, makes the page unbalanced. 

- Need to rethink the structure of the inclusion of colour. 

Makes more of an impact, but influences the legibility of page numbers (especially for chapter 4).

- Could do with having rounded edges on the other side too. 
- Text on the red section goes too close to the page number, this could become confusing for the reader, could do with finding another way to present this. 

All rounded edges works well, it fits with the design.

-The lines create a sense of hierarchy and further the use of colour for coding (which is then consistent throughout the publication) relating to research that colour can establish code by labelling, or provide clarity between items (Olurinola and Tayo, 2015).

- Feel like the design of the contents will now help with the chapter pages, stop them from looking as abnormal.