Objective:
- Create paragraph indicators to show where one paragraph stops and another begins
- To learn and experiment with different ways paragraph indicators
Document Setup
- Create new Adobe InDesign Document
- Units: Inches
- Page Size: 10″x10″
- Margins: .5″ all sides
- Bleeds: .125″
- Number of pages: 5
- Non-facing pages
- Turn off Hyphenation
Assignment
- Use the text supplied
- Create a unique and different way of delineating the paragraphs from one another
- Experiment with different ways to accomplish this assignment
- Have 5 pages using different techniques of paragraph delineation
- Each page should have a different way of showing how one paragraph is separated from another
- You can use 2 or more ways to show paragraph separation
- You can use whatever typeface or font size or spacing that works best for your design.
- You can add other elements to the design if they support the style of the article.
- At least one page should be designed to reflect the content of the article
Assets
- Article reference:
Michigan Man Discovers Strange Glowing Rocks In The Upper Peninsula - Text to use:
A Michigan man made the discovery of a lifetime when he stumbled on glowing rocks on the beaches of Lake Superior. The rocks, which he named “Yooperlites” emit an eerie glow, appearing to be partially molten rock.
Rintamaki, a gem and mineral dealer, made this discovery after hunting for rocks in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, bringing with him a black light. The black light helps illuminate the glowing rocks, which he says litter the Lake Superior beach. Rintamaki self-named the rocks “Yooperlites” in honor of the endearing nickname “Yooper” for people who live in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The Yooperlites were investigated by both Michigan Tech University and the University of Saskatchewan. They determined the rocks are “syenite clasts containing fluorescent sodalite.” To break this down, the rock is made up of fragments of coarse-grained igneous rocks, with a similar composition to granite. What makes these rocks special is the inclusion of fluorescent sodalite.
The mineral sodalite will fluoresce under longwave ultraviolet illumination, creating the glowing yellowish-orange veins of Yooperlites. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) analysis at Michigan Technological University confirmed the fluorescent mineral is sodalite. While syenites are common in Michigan, these are the first documented sodalites found in the state of Michigan.
The research team believes the Yooperlites are not native to Michigan but were originally sourced from the Coldwell Alkaline Complex in Ontario, Canada. The Yooperlites were then likely transported south via continental glaciation and made their way into Lake Superior. Sodalite was first discovered in Greenland in 1811 but became popular after the gemstone was found in Ontario, Canada in 1891. The mineral is a deep blue color and visually looks similar to lazurite and lapis lazuli.