September 2013
Beginner
384 pages
8h 52m
English
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Advantages of Style Sheets
In This Chapter
Understanding the role of style sheets
Discovering Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Understanding the viewport
Using different types of measurement units
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is the language web page authors use to tell a browser (or another user agent) how to format an HTML document. Remember: HTML5 is primarily a language for defining the structure (like the bones and muscles) of a document. The structural elements of a page, such as headings (<h1> through <h6>) and body text, don't affect how those elements look. By applying styles to those elements, though, you can specify an element's layout on the page and add design attributes (such as fonts, colors, and text indentation). CSS is the tool that lets you add skin (and even fancy clothing) to the structure created by your HTML markup and content.
Style sheets give you precise control over how structural elements appear on a web page. Better yet, you can create one style sheet for an entire website to keep the layout and look of your content consistent from page to page. And here’s ...
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