To start thinking about what my CV could look like, I sketched out some potential layouts. These were super quick and more just to get my brain moving rather than to have any finished design.
Next up was choosing the typefaces for my CV. I had saved Roc Grotesk a while ago for my personal brand, as I really liked how at a glance it looked fairly normal, but still had some quirks when you looked closely. It also worked well at both large and small scales due to the minor quirks essentially hiding themselves at a small scale. To accompany Roc, I found Rift, a monospace typeface which I thought could work well for headings, and paired well with Roc. With typefaces chosen, I moved to InDesign to create my CV.
Having not used InDesign before, I found it to be one of the much more intuitive Adobe software, I used a 5 column layout for my CV, which I liked due to it leading to asymmetry. The biggest issue I found during the development phase was fitting everything onto the page, and keeping the content organised.
My first CV only used one page, however I think it felt very cramped and that the header was really pushed up. I had tried to give whitespace around the top but trying to fit everything onto one page resulted in me reducing the white space to the point the whitespace felt awkward. Also, as I designed it, I got less sure about Rift as my secondary typeface. I don’t think it looked bad, but I don’t think it represented me and my typographical style, so I went looking for an alternative.
To replace Rift, I found Miller, a much finer serif typeface which I felt represented me much better. What I really love about Miller, is the serifs of the italicised version, due to how fine and curved the are. I think this will work really well to replace Rift.
