Choosing and Using Web Fonts

Focuses on the theories behind web fonts: showing what makes a good font, why different fonts look the way they do, and how they affect the look of your web page.This course focuses on the theories behind web fonts: what makes a good font, why different fonts look the way they do, and how fonts affect the look of a web page. Author Laura Franz covers common tasks, including downloading a font from an online source such as Typekit or Font Squirrel, implementing the font in HTML and CSS, and changing the size and line-height to improve the readability of text. The course also covers different periods of type design and explores the history behind handwritten fonts, text fonts (used for large amounts of text), and display fonts (used for headlines). Topics include: Explaining the history of text fonts, from Old Style, Transitional, and Modern to Slab Serif and Sans Serif Understanding font classifications Setting up a Typekit account Choosing a quality font based on forms, spacing, and weights and styles Accessing fonts from various sources Implementing fonts with the @font-face syntax Looking at how fonts affect the look and feel of a web page Changing font styling to improve readability Making various font weights and styles work correctly across multiple browsers Pairing fonts (headline and text, two fonts in text, and so on) Setting fallback fonts