• Author:
  • Peck, Wendy
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  24/01/2003
• Price:
  $52.99
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* 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.

Wendy Peck is a professional Web designer, columnist, and trainer in graphics, communication, and desktop publishing. A graphic designer since 1989, she has focused on Web design since 1997. Wendy is the author of Dreamweaver MX Weekend Crash Course and Web Menus With Beauty and Brains.

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: Getting Started with Web Typography.

Chapter 1: Defining Web Type Issues.

Chapter 2: Design Principles for Web Type.

Chapter 3: Working with HTML Text.

Part II: Controlling Web Type with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Chapter 4: What Is CSS?

Chapter 5: Creating Cascading Style Sheets.

Chapter 6: CSS Menus.

Chapter 7: Design with CSS Content Text.

Part III: Graphic Type for the Web.

Chapter 8: Introduction to Graphic Typography.

Chapter 9: Creating Graphic Text for the Web.

Chapter 10: Customizing Graphic Text for the Web.

Chapter 11: Graphic Type Special Effects.

Chapter 12: Putting It All Together.

Part IV: Typography for Flash.

Chapter 13: Creating Basic Type in Flash.

Chapter 14: Perfecting Type in Flash.

Appendix A: Where To From Here?

Appendix B: Which Software Does What?

Appendix C: Chapter 6 HTML Code and Style Sheet.

Index.