About the book

Web design is not just about a flamboyant or simply beautiful website appearance. This book is about small — but crucial — details, in a specialty that is all about details.

Whether you're interested in determining the right paragraph layout or typographic details, observing the correct typographic etiquette or making the other small decisions that will dramatically influence how your website is perceived, many answers will present themselves in this collection of articles.

Table of Contents

• The Perfect Paragraph — Heydon Pickering
• Mind Your En And Em Dashes: Typographic Etiquette — David Kadavy
• How To Choose The Right Face For A Beautiful Body — Dan Reynolds
• Why Subtle Typographic Choices Make All The Difference — Carolyn Knight & Jessica Glaser
• The Creative Way To Maximize Design Ideas With Type — Carolyn Knight & Jessica Glaser
• Applying Macrotypography For A More Readable Web Page — Nathan Ford
• Avoiding Faux Weights And Styles With Google Web Fonts — Laura Franz
• Setting Weights And Styles With The @font-face Declaration — Laura Franz

Technical Details