Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web
 

Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web

by Addison-Wesley (C)

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Label:Addison-Wesley (C)
Pages:279
Binding:Paperback
Publication Date:1997-04
Published By:Addison-Wesley (C)
ASIN:020141998X
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Cascading Style Sheets (http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Style/css) offer a powerful and manageable way for authors, artists and typographers to create visual effects that will launch aesthetics to the forefront of the Web. Written by the developers of Cascading Style Sheets, Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web covers: writing Web documents that display well on all screens; deciding when to use CSS and when to use other methods such as images, to create certain designs; moving from static paper to a dynamic screen; a correlating Web site houses selected chapters along with source code for the CSS examples.
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If you want to learn how to take greater control of your Web pages with cascading style, you can't go to a more authoritative source than Hakon Wium Lie and Bert Bos, the creators of this versatile tool. They show you step-by-step how to use cascading style sheets to create type displays in ways that were previously available only for traditional print--altering the color, boldness, font, and placement however you choose. The authors use simple examples for demonstrations and also include samples of gorgeous (and amusing) Web typography to show what's possible and to serve as a springboard for your own ideas. The authors present much that will be inspiring even to seasoned Web designers.

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A great book to get started, but leaves one longing for more - Reviewed on 1999-06-11
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3 customers found this review helpful.

I powered through this book in one evening, which says three things about it: it's enlightening, easy to comprehend, and short. The chapters are organized logically, and the content of each is succinct and well supported with examples. I did notice some typos such as "margin-below" instead of the correct "margin-bottom," which will serve to confuse the novice, but overall, I felt it was an excellent purchase-one I reference often. One of the most helpful sections appears in the back, taking sites designed using traditional HTML means and converting them to more efficient style-sheet-enhanced sites. However, as I attempted to put some of these suggestions to use, I found that they didn't work as the authors purported. But I found the thought process behind the conversions enlightening.

Overall, I think this book offers the beginner a great introduction and the expert a excellent reference.

This book teaches easily how to write cascading style sheets - Reviewed on 1999-05-24
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2 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.

This book is a good reference for me because I know alot of CSS. But, I have learned some from it. What it doesn't have that I wish it had was more on filters (DropShadow). Well, nice book.
It is a great book. - Reviewed on 1999-04-10
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1 customer found this review not to be helpful.
The book really is a wonderful book, I am a CSS designer, and it helps me a-lot with reference, and new terms etc.

It truly is a wonderful book written by the best people.

A definite compendium of all CSS elements, but.... - Reviewed on 1999-04-09
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This will teach any webmaster how creating one CSS master sheet will make your whole site distinctive, but anybody who is on the learning track of HTML will be totally confused.
Not an introduction to CSS and/or web design - Reviewed on 1999-03-19
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Well written, easy to understand IF you are somewhat familiar with html. If you're looking for an introduction to CSS and/or web design, this book might bore you.

I found the authors description of fonts and typefaces interesting.

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