For this installment of the First Look series, James Williamson
reviews the current implementation and future direction of web
fonts: downloadable font resources that can be retrieved with the
CSS @font-face declaration. The course begins with the evolution
of online typography and current CSS font capabilities, and then
dives into the W3C CSS Fonts Module specification, showing how to
utilize web fonts, ensure cross-browser consistency, and how to
use CSS3 to enhance the styling of web fonts. Font hosting
services and tools such as TypeKit and the Google Fonts API are
demonstrated. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

* What are web fonts?
* Understanding the font stack
* Using @font-face
* Rendering basics
* Choosing a font hosting service
* Downloading licensed fonts
* Generating web fonts
* Font sizing
* Transforming text
* Creating special effects with text shadows

Download File Size:827.53 MB

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