April 2024
Beginner
176 pages
3h 14m
English
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Chapter 9
Tweaking Text Typographically
IN THIS CHAPTER
Choosing and applying fonts
Making your page text look amazing
Aligning your text just so
In this chapter, you explore the awesome world of web typography. You learn just enough about typefaces and fonts to be dangerous; how to use beautiful fonts on your web pages; how learning just a few CSS properties can make you a web typography master; and how to fussily align your text just so.
Formatting with Fonts
All web browsers display page text and headings using default styles that are, at best, serviceable. I’m assuming that you’re not reading this book because you’re the type of person who’ll settle for “serviceable.” To that end, you can make a huge difference in the overall look and appeal of your web pages by paying attention to the look and appeal of the text itself. This is the beginning of all things typographical, and it’s the one thing you need to get right with your page design.
Understanding typefaces
A typeface is a particular design applied to all letters, numbers, symbols, and other characters. The most fundamental difference between two typefaces is whether there are small cross-strokes at the extremities of ...
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