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Book Description

The type that designers use can say as much to their audience as the actual words on the page.  But until now, Web designers have had an extremely limited palette of typefaces from which to choose -- essentially, Arial (yawn), Times (yawn), and Georgia (yawwwwwn). Design is about overcoming the limitations of a medium, and Web design is no different. In this book, Jason shows Web designers how to apply the principles of fluid typography, Web-safe fonts, downloaded fonts, and type on images to create robust scalable designs without resorting to type in images or Adobe Flash.

Table of Contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Foundations
    1. You are a Typographer
    2. What is a Font?
    3. Typography on the Screen
    4. A Brief History of Web Typography
    5. What is Fluid Web Typography?
  5. Characters & Symbols
    1. Anatomy of a Character
    2. Types of Type
    3. Character and Text Encoding on the Web
    4. Using Symbols
  6. Fonts & Typefaces
    1. Fonts on The Web
    2. Web Safe Fonts
    3. Web Font Linking
    4. Web Font Linking Service Bureaus
    5. Web Font Embedding With JavaScript
    6. Which Web Font Solution Should I Use?
  7. Scale & Rhythm
    1. Web Measurements
    2. Type Size & Line Height
    3. Type Space
    4. Text Alignment
  8. Emphasis & Contrast
    1. Guiding the Reader’s Eye
    2. Weight
    3. Italic & Oblique
    4. Decoration
    5. Text Case
    6. Color
  9. Grid & Composition
    1. Do not Design By Default
    2. From Box to Grid
    3. Choosing the Right Typeface
    4. Building a Fluid Font Stack
  10. Appendixes
    1. Colophon
      1. Hardware & OS
      2. Software
      3. Typefaces
    2. Typography Resources
      1. The Author’s Web Sites
      2. Tools
      3. Font Downloads
      4. Information and Blogs
      5. Books & Magazines
    3. Character References
    4. Web Font Specimen Book
  11. INDEX
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