| Description |
1 online resource (188 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction What Is Good Typography; 1 Overview; Choosing the Right Typeface; Building a Fluid Font Stack; 2 Type Basics; What is a Glyph?; What is a Font?; What is Web Typography?; Bitmap vs. Vector; Understanding Type on the Web; Anatomy of a Character; Typeface Variations; Types of type: Display or Body; Classifying Type for the Web; Type Styles; Character and Text Encoding On the Web; OpenType; 3 Finding Fonts; Solutions for Fonts on the Web; Adding Fonts: the Font Stack Web-Safe Fonts; Webfonts |
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Firefox and the Cross-Domain ConundrumInstalling Webfonts on Your Computer; End User License Agreements and You; Webfont Service Bureaus; 4 Choose Fonts; Types of Type; What Your Font Must Have; Factors to Consider; Combining Type; Checklist for Choosing Type; Interview with Nicole Arnett Phillips; 5 Style; Consistency in Styles; Styling Weight; Styling Italic and Oblique Fonts; Styling Color; Type Effects; Styling Text with Borders and Bacgrounds; Style Checklist; 6 Scale; Understanding Relative and Absolute Type Units; Type Size and Line Height; Horizontal Type Space; Text Alignment |
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7 SpaceVertical Type Space; 8 Iconography; When to Use Icons; Choosing Icons; Responsive Icons; Using Webfont Icons; Styling Webfont Icons; Finding Webfont Icons or Make Your Own; Icon Tags?; 9 Hierarchy; Do Not Design by Default; From Box to Grid; Body Copy; Navigation and Controls; Guiding the Reader's Eye; Balancing Readability and Retention; Contrasting Type; Typography at Hand; Visual Hierarchy; Layout Grids; Afterword; Appendices; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Index |
| Summary |
"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"--Www.crcpress.com |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Web site development.
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Web sites -- Design.
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Web site development
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Web sites -- Design
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cranford Teague, Jason
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Boss, Stephen
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| ISBN |
9781315318875 |
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1315318873 |
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