GDES-220 fall 2023 / David Ramos, American University Design
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Introducing layout methods
September 18
Finish Typography / Start Image/layout
Monday
- Comparing layout methods
- One-column layouts, vertical space, and the box model
- Work on Typography
Demo files: Introducing layout demo (ZIP)
Thursday
- Turn in Typography by the start of class
- Start Image/layout
- From class: demo (ZIP)
Reading
Note: your textbook covers an older approach to layout, which we won’t use. For our class, please ignore Duckett’s layout methods. Most layout tutorials floating around the Internet are also using these older techniques.
- Jen Simmons, Layout Land: Hot metal : Pasteup :: Floats : CSS Grid (video, 6 min., captioned)
- Rachel Andrew, The FR Unit (video, 3 min., captioned)