Book description
Print designers work in images, shapes, and
color: not code. The last thing many of them want to do is to
translate their work into mono-spaced tags and numbers, divs and
ids. But print designers can't ignore the web and producing a
design for the web has become a common part of a complete graphics
package. And, knowing the basics of CSS is an essential ingredient
for success.
CSS for Print Designers presents web design concepts using
metaphors that make sense to visual designers. Instead of using
terms like semantics and structure, the book simplifies the
language of web design using metaphors that print designers are
comfortable with such as grouping like items or sculpting a layout
from top to bottom or even how using sprites with CSS is like
importing and cropping images in InDesign. The book uses efficient
use of space with supporting graphics that demonstrate complex
concepts such as nesting tags, clearing floats, and creating
sprites.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Coding in Plain English
- 2. From Picas to Pixels
- 3. Dump Drag and Drop
- 4. You Have to Read the Words
- 5. Boxes Inside Boxes
- 6. Sculpting with CSS
- 7. Designing with CSS
- 8. Improving Lives with CSS
- 9. Starting from Scratch
- 10. Prepress for the Web
- 11. Tools of the Trade
- 12. Any Questions?
- Index
Product information
- Title: CSS for Print Designers
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2011
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 9780321765925
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