GDES-220 fall 2023 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Capturing meaning with HTML/CSS typography
September 1
Monday
No class for Labor Day.
Thursday
- Typography and CSS
- Demo files: Basic site (ZIP)
- Finish parts 1 and 2 of Recipe before the start of class on Thursday. (No need to turn it in yet.)
- Continue working on Recipe, moving on to part 3 (CSS). The final version is due next week.
Reading (for Thursday)
Finish this week’s reading by Thursday. As with Week 01, you’ll need the reading to finish your project work.
- Don’t Fear the Internet, Don’t Fear Starting from Scratch (Part 2: CSS) (11 min. video, captioned)
- HTML & CSS, ch. 2 (HTML text), 3 (HTML lists), 12 (CSS text)
- If you haven’t received the book yet, four MDN articles could serve as an alternative: What is HTML?, HTML Text Fundamentals, Fundamental Text and Font Styling, and LI
Follow-ups from class
- “Collider” music video, featuring Les Horribles Cernettes, the CERN amateur band that was the subject of the first image posted on the web.
- Adobe Color
- Screen reader demo