Author: Matej Latin Publisher: Blurb ISBN: 9781999809522 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
Better Web Typography for a Better Web is a book based on a top-rated online course explaining typography to people who build web sites-web designers and web developers. The author, Matej Latin, takes complex concepts such as vertical rhythm, modular scale and page composition, and explains them in an easy-to-understand way. The content of the book is accompanied by live code examples and the readers go through a process of designing and building an example website as they go through the book. This is a new typography book for a new medium, the rules haven't changed much, everything else has.
Author: Stephen Boss Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1315318873 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
With a vast selection of typefaces now available, there is no excuse for using boring typography in web design. The New Web Typography: Create a Visual Hierarchy with Responsive Web Design shows you how to implement web-safe fonts to create visually appealing and multi-browser-friendly websites while encouraging you to develop designs that express your own unique typographic voice. This book discusses general principles for choosing typefaces for on-screen display and tips for creating a visual hierarchy that works on monitors, tablets, and smartphones. It shares some of the authors’ personal experiences to illustrate situations where one font would be more effective than another in giving readers an optimized experience that includes quick download times and an overall aesthetically pleasing presentation. Since good typography is good web design, font selection is a critical aspect of web design. The New Web Typography is more than a simple overview of web typography. It provides practical advice and examples that help you make good decisions in choosing fonts for web design. Key Features Demonstrates how to implement responsive web typography, with up-to-date HTML5 and CSS3 code Uses case studies and examples to enhance instruction Provides practical tips on special techniques for implementing webfonts and searching and using webfont libraries Encourages you to develop a unique typographic voice
Author: Smashing Magazine Publisher: Smashing Magazine ISBN: 3943075079 Category : Dummies (Bookselling) Languages : de Pages : 228
Book Description
Getting the Hang of Web Typography is dedicated to web workers that are dealing with typography in their daily lives, but have no special training for this independent craft. This eBook (eBook #6)gives you the necessary background on macro- and microtypography, it helps you to choose suitable fonts and use modern techniques such as Web font embedding. It's a valuable book that helps you to create rich, sophisticated Web sites with beautiful and elegant Web typography. The implications of desktop publishing, where anybody who has access to a computer can set type, have led to a flood of poorly designed brochures, flyers and web pages. In Web design especially illegible text, incorrect use of punctuation marks and inappropriate font combinations or use of line widths are frequent. The new techniques that Web fonts offer might bring about even worse examples of ugly and illegible Web typography. Getting the Hang of Web Typography is a collection of Smashing Magazine's best and most recent articles on web typography with one additional article series and glossary. You can use this eBook as reference work for your projects. It's a valuable book read that helps you to create rich, sophisticated Web sites with beautiful and elegant Web typography. TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Ails Of Typographic Anti-Aliasing - 10 Principles For Readable Web Typograph - 5 Principles and Ideas of Setting Type on the Web - Lessons From Swiss Style Graphic Design - 8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography in Your Designs - Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices - The Typography Dress Code: Principles of Choosing and Using Typefaces - Best Practices of Combining Typefaces - Guide to CSS Font Stacks: Techniques and Resources - New Typographic Possibilities with CSS 3 - Good Old @Font-Face Rule Revisited - The Current Web Font Formats - Review of Popular Web Font Embedding Services - How to Embed Web Fonts from your Server - Web Typography: Work-arounds, Tips and Tricks - 10 Useful Typography Tools
Author: Jason Pamental Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc." ISBN: 1491916281 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 145
Book Description
Responsive web design helps your site maintain its design integrity on a variety of screen sizes, but how does it affect your typography? With this practical book, graphic designers, web designers, and front-end developers alike will learn the nuts and bolts of implementing web fonts well, especially how to get the best appearance from type without sacrificing performance on any device. After examining typography fundamentals and the evolution of type on the Web, author Jason Pamental provides useful approaches, real examples, code, and advice for making your type performant, progressive, proportional, and polished—the primary ingredients of responsive typography. Understand how type plays a vital role in content-first web design Weigh the tradeoffs between self-hosting and using a font service to get the best performance for your site Get your type on the screen fast by designing for Progressive Enhancement Use a responsive relative scale to adjust proportions between typographic elements for any device or resolution Polish your type with ligatures, kerning, and other techniques to create rich, textured reading experiences
Author: Jason Cranford Teague Publisher: New Riders Publishing ISBN: 9780321679987 Category : Computer fonts Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
In this book, Jason guides you through the latest developments in web typography, including: Web safe fonts, downloadable fonts, and new web font services that will expand your font repertoire and provide a vast catalog of untapped typefaces. Practical methods for achieving quality typography with current technologies. Best practices for creating engaging designs using typographic style principals developed specifically for the web. Instruction on creating and link to the TTF, OTF, EOT, SVG, and WOFF font files using @font-face.
Author: Viviana Cordova Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781475259889 Category : Graphic arts Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Web Typography uses a foundation of typographic terminology and graphic design rules to approach the ever-changing question of effective modern website design. It uses monographs and detailed examples to communicate subtle points of aesthetic, and does so in programming languages and idioms familiar to the readership.
Author: Paul McFedries Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1638355797 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 438
Book Description
Enter the Web Design Playground and start experimenting with all aspects of creating a web page—from design, to development, to publishing—in an easy-to-use free online workspace. This exciting second edition of Web Design Playground is fully updated with new technologies and thoughtful approaches for building modern websites. You’ll have a blast experimenting with a landing page, photo gallery, portfolio site, and more while you learn important web design skills. In Web Design Playground, Second Edition you’ll learn essential tools of the web design trade, such as: Structuring a web page with HTML Styling a web page with CSS Modern page layout techniques Using colors in web design Making text look awesome with typography HTML, CSS, and the principles of good web design are all you need to build something beautiful! You’ll find them all inside this one-of-a-kind guide. Best of all, this book gives you free access to a custom online workspace, the “playground!” You can concentrate on core skills like page layout and adding images and video, as well as learning typography, responsive design, and the other modern web design techniques. About the technology If you can use a web browser, you can create a web site! Web Design Playground, Second Edition shows you how, progressing step by step through fun and engaging projects. You learn the basics of HTML, CSS, and other important web skills. With its unique online “playground,” the book helps you build a landing page, a photo gallery, a portfolio site, and more, all from scratch. No prior experience or knowledge of special tools is required. About the book Web Design Playground, Second Edition takes a creative, visual approach and clear explanations of the components, concepts, and of each step you’ll need to build your own web pages. You’ll become a confident web designer as you practice each new skill in the Playground. The many small projects introduce everything from page layout basics to new tags and features like Flexbox and CSS Grid—all presented in author Paul McFedries’s inimitably friendly style. Don’t worry about setting up your own servers and domain names—the book comes with a free online “playground” to experiment with and get creative. You can concentrate on core skills like page layout and adding images and video, as well as learning typography, responsive design, and the other modern web design techniques. Before you know it, you’ll be ready to create gorgeous pages that reflect your creativity and style. About the reader No web design experience required. About the author Paul McFedries has written more than 100 books, which have sold over four million copies worldwide. Table of Contents PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH HTML AND CSS 1 Getting to Know HTML and CSS 2 Building Your First Web Page 3 Adding Structure to Your Page 4 Formatting Your Web Page 5 Project: Creating a Personal Home Page PART 2 WORKING WITH IMAGES AND STYLES 6 Adding Images and Other Media 7 Learning More About Styles 8 Floating and Positioning Elements 9 Styling Sizes, Borders, and Margins 10 Project: Creating a Landing Page PART 3 LAYING OUT A WEB PAGE 11 Learning Page Layout Basics 12 Creating Page Layouts with Flexbox 13 Creating Page Layouts with Grid 14 Designing Responsive Web Pages 15 Project: Creating a Photo Gallery PART 4 MAKING YOUR WEB PAGES SHINE 16 More HTML Elements for Web Designers 17 Adding a Splash of Color to Your Web Designs 18 Enhancing Page Text with Typography 19 Learning Advanced CSS Selectors 20 Project: Creating a Portfolio Page Appendix A From Playground to Web: Getting Your Pages Online
Author: Wendy Peck Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9780764537004 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 238
Book Description
* Demystifies Web typography by revealing the secrets of professional developers! * Shows how to find, select and implement Web typography that will give any site a slick, professional look! * Demonstrates how to use Cascading Style Sheets and other technologies to control the way type appears on any browser! * Describes how to make beautifully design sites download super-fast. * Shows how to set type that wraps around images and other objects on the page. * Provides professional secrets for increasing type legibility. * Provides recipes for type special effects that will "wow" site visitors and ensure that they come back for more! * Includes real-world case studies and examples from top companies. * Includes interviews with top Web design experts and Web type gurus.
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