Cascading style sheets: designing for the Web

Cascading Style Sheets http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Style/CSS , developed by HSkon Wium Lie and Bert Bos of the World Wide Web Consortium, offers a powerful and manageable way for authors, artists and typographers to create the much-requested visual effects that will put aesthetics to the forefront of the Web. CSS enjoys wide industry backing, and is supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator with other implementations soon to follow. Written by the world authorities, this book will be the Web designers' definitive guide to Cascading Style Sheets. Features: a brief HTML tutorial to bring newcomers to Web design up to speed when to use CSS and when to use other methods how to create and maintain a Web site with a consistent style that will display well on all screens how traditional print-based typography is expressed in CS a complete description together with examples of all CSS functionality a rich set of figures and rendering examples, including sixty four pages of full color challenges when moving from static paper to a dynamic screen, and how CSS supports authors in this transition Web Site Visit http://www.awl.com/css/ to receive your latest updates, the source code for the CSS examples included in this book and pointers to free browsers that support CSS.