Module 2 - Typography

     This week's module was centered around the typographic guidelines when making a map. The main objectives of this module were to properly label all of the map features in order for them to be distinguishable. We were tasked to depict some of Florida's natural features as well as some of it's county seats. I learned the proper uses of italic font types, as well as how to create annotations from labels in ArcGIS.

    In order to label the "Swamp or Marsh" features I had to change the symbology to "Unique", then used the "Create label classes from symbology..." tool in order to create separate label classes, otherwise the "Lake" and "Stream" features would have been labeled as well. 

    For my customizations I removed all the non-required city points to de-clutter the map (specifically to de-clutter South Florida). I reduced the halo size of the city labels to reduce the contrast of the labels to the base map. I made the “Swamp or Marsh” labels using the “Water – Large” label format and changed the colors to be a brighter green. I made sure that every font used was the same font, Arial, to maintain consistency throughout the map. I made the Tallahassee a red star to highlight its significance as the State Capital.