webtypography.net/
Five Simple Steps to Better Typography: www.markboulton.co.uk/articles/detail/
five_simple_steps_to_better_typography/
Five Simple Steps to Designing Grid Systems: www.markboulton.co.uk/articles/
detail/five_simple_steps_to_designing_grid_systems/
When it comes to web design, some conventions are used, and others are ignored. In fact,
while web designers take the utmost care to get layouts right, scant few give the same
thought to text, merely choosing a font and arbitrarily setting other values, if they set
them at all. Once, this could be excused, but CSS has enabled web type to come a long
way, and although the same degree of control as print-based type isn??™t possible, you can
do a lot more than just choose your preferred font for headings and body copy.
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In this chapter, we??™ll take a look at the various components available when working on
web-based type (including elements and CSS properties), and provide some exercises, the
results from which you can use for the basis of your own sites??™ type. As a final note in this
introduction, it??™s also worth mentioning spelling and grammar. Both of these are clearly
way outside of the scope of this book, but they??™re things designers tend to overlook. A site
with a lot of grammatical and spelling errors, especially in larger text (such as headings and
pull quotes) looks unprofessional. If in doubt when working on sites, consult (or get your
client to consult) a copywriter.
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