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== COAP 3120 Week 1 program == | == COAP 3120 Week 1 program == | ||
''''Main topic'''' | |||
* Web typography and formatting of large texts | |||
'''Main learning goals''' | '''Main learning goals''' | ||
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* The three dominant HTML families (HTML 4x, XHTML 1x, HTML5), a short introduction | * The three dominant HTML families (HTML 4x, XHTML 1x, HTML5), a short introduction | ||
* The (X)HTML div and span tags | * The (X)HTML div and span tags | ||
* HTML 5 tags for text: section and article | |||
'''Selectors''' | '''Selectors''' | ||
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'''About web fonts and web typography''' (optional reading) | '''About web fonts and web typography''' (optional reading) | ||
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_typography | |||
* http://www.alistapart.com/articles/on-web-typography/ | * http://www.alistapart.com/articles/on-web-typography/ | ||
* http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_websafe_fonts.asp | * http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_websafe_fonts.asp | ||
* http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/10/30/how-to-use-css-font-face/ | * http://nicewebtype.com/notes/2009/10/30/how-to-use-css-font-face/ | ||
[[Category:COAP 3120]] | [[Category:COAP 3120]] | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 30 October 2011
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COAP 3120 Week 1 program
'Main topic'
- Web typography and formatting of large texts
Main learning goals
- Be able to include CSS in an HTML document: external files, internal style sheets, @import, inline
- Understand CSS rules: Selectors and properties
- Be able to format longer text
- Be able to use HTML elements made for CSS (div and span)
- Use of text/HTML/CSS editors
- Use browser extensions for checking HTML and CSS validity, and analyzing pages
- Think about good style and good visual style
Monday
HTML principles
- The three dominant HTML families (HTML 4x, XHTML 1x, HTML5), a short introduction
- The (X)HTML div and span tags
- HTML 5 tags for text: section and article
Selectors
- tags, position of tages, pseudo-tags
CSS properties for formatting text
- Web typography (fonts)
- Units
- Line spacing and margins
Classroom activities
(1) Find a long text you want to work on. HTML must be clean and simple. Suggestions:
(2) Start working on homework 1, i.e. create a layout that is both visually pleasing and "readable"
Wednesday
TBA (dealing with text, part II)
Homework 1
- Styling of a text document, details TBA
'Requirements'
- margins
- Line spacings
- Appropriate font size for various text elements (in particular titles and paragraphs)
Reading
Textbook
- Chapter 2, The Bits that make up a Style Sheet
- Chapter 3, Selectors (only pp 39-49)
- Chapter 5, Applying Font Faces (only 73-82)
- Chapter 6, Manipulating the Display of Text (only: “Line height” section)
- Chapter 8, The Box Model (only: Margins section)
About web fonts and web typography (optional reading)