CSS Text

Eric A Meyer

ISBN 10: 1449373747 / ISBN 13: 9781449373740

Published by O Reilly Media, 2013

About this Item

Web sites have needed text layout since the earliest days, and CSS is the smoothest way to create pleasing layouts. It's not just about choosing and applying fonts (covered in _CSS Fonts_), but about all the other features that demonstrate careful presentation. Num Pages: 56 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: UMW. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 179 x 240 x 5. Weight in Grams: 120. . 2013. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CSS Text
• Publisher: O Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449373747
• ISBN 13: 9781449373740
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

As a web designer, you probably spend more time working with text than any other element. With this concise guide, you’ll learn CSS3 properties for changing the appearance of text without altering the font face—including horizontal and vertical alignment, text transformation, word and letter spacing, text wrapping, and the direction of text flow.

This book is an excerpt from the upcoming fourth edition of CSS: The Definitive Guide. When you purchase either the print or the ebook edition of CSS Text, you’ll receive a discount on the entire Definitive Guide once it’s released. Why wait, when you can start manipulating text on your pages right away?

Use properties for indenting and aligning lines of text Control the leading between lines of text beyond the font’s size Change the amount of space between words and individual characters Add underlines, overlines, strike-throughs, shadows, and other effects Instruct browsers to prioritize speed, legibility, or geometric precision when rendering text Learn how and when to suppress automatic hyphenation Determine the direction that text flows, including left-to-right and top-to-bottom

About the Author

Eric A. Meyer is the author of the critically acclaimed online tutorial Introduction to HTML, as well as some other semi-popular Web pages. He is a member of the CSS&FP Working Group and the author of Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide.