September 2014
Intermediate to advanced
110 pages
2h 20m
English
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Preface
There are primarily three different but related audiences for this book:
- “Traditional” print-focused graphic designers
- Web designers
- Frontend developers
“Traditional” graphic designers need to know how to bring their knowledge of typography to the Web, how to find what’s available, and how to use web fonts and understand technological limitations.
Web designers—many of whom don’t have a traditional design education—need to understand the value of typography, what it can bring to their design, and what to watch out for when implementing web fonts.
Frontend developers are just as important: they’re often handed the job of incorporating web fonts into the site and are expected to do so successfully. Putting that first line of JavaScript or CSS in place is easy. Making sure the best methods for embedding are used, ensuring fallbacks are in place and tuned, and getting the best performance takes knowledge, time, and a bit of persistence.
What You Need to Know
I’ve purposely kept the required technical knowledge modest in this book. In truth, you only need basic familiarity with HTML and CSS to make use of web fonts, though a smattering of JavaScript will do wonders to finesse the experience. All the sample code is complete and commented, so you may well be able to just take the sample code, work it into your own project, and modify it from there.
What You Don’t Need to Know
All the code is kept fairly minimal, so while it will certainly make your life easier, you don’t need to know ...
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