Book Description
Taking up where the popular Web Design Expert left off, this in-depth manual explores the most imaginative possibilities of using type on the Web. After a crash course in the history of typography and font design, there’s an introduction to HTML foundations; information on embedded font technology; and a comprehensive review of cascading style sheets that simplify complex typographic layouts.
Web Expert: Type FROM THE PUBLISHER
Taking up where the popular Web Design Expert left off, this in-depth manual explores the most imaginative possibilities of using type on the Web. It all begins with a crash course in the history of typography and font design. After a discussion of the move from paper to screen, there's an introduction to HTML foundations, from tagging to controlling font, leading, color, and size. Find out about embedded font technology, and then go through a comprehensive review of cascading style sheets to see how they can help simplify complex typographic layouts. Bitmap, Acrobat Authoring applications, Flash type handling: they're all here. Throughout, easy-to-follow projects help illustrate every technique and theory.