Web Typography
Subtitle: A handbook for designing beautiful and effective typography in responsive websites
Publisher: Ampersand Type
Published: Jan 22, 2017
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780995664203
Description: Typography is what comes between the author and the reader. This is as true on the web as it is in any other medium. If a text has anything at all significant to say, it needs a typographer's care, which will in turn be repaid by the reader's attention. If you design websites or use CSS then you are a typographer whether you know it or not. This book is a practical guide and companion reference to all aspects of typography on the web. It deftly combines implementiation details with typographic theory, and is ideal for designers, developers and anyone else involved in the process of creating a website.
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title: We are all Typographers; title: Why web typography really does matter; title: Embracing the medium; title: Preparing the ground; label: 1
title: Setting Type to be Read; title: How we read; title: The amazing em (and friends); title: Designing paragraphs: line length; title: Designing paragraphs: text size; title: Designing paragraphs: line spacing; title: Alignment, justification and hyphenation; title: Responsive paragraphs; label: 2
title: Typographic Detail; title: Symbols, signs and accents; title: Ligatures and abbreviations; title: Hierarchy and scale; title: Meaning and semantics; title: Numerals and tables; title: Tracking and kerning; title: Headlines and impact; title: Vertical rhythm; title: Arrangement and composition; label: 3
title: Choosing and Using Fonts; title: How fonts render on screens; title: Practical and pragmatic considerations; title: Knowing and browsing type; title: Selecting typefaces for body text; title: Selecting typefaces for display text; title: Selecting typefaces for functional text; title: Combining typefaces; title: Using web fonts; title: Building a library; title: Final Thoughts; title: Communicating your design; title: If you read nothing else, read this