The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
In order to allay some of the myths surrounding typography on the web, is structured to step through the principles found in Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style, explaining how to accomplish each using techniques available in HTML and CSS.
The Web Book
The Web Book contains all the information you need to create a Web site from scratch. It covers everything from registering a domain name and renting some hosting space, to creating your first HTML page, to building full online database applications with PHP and MySQL. It also tells you how to market and promote your site, and how to make money from it.
Designing for the Web
A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web aims to teach you techniques for designing your website using the principles of graphic design.
British Library releases thousands of free e-books
The British Library is promising 65,000 free e-books this spring, which means you no longer have any excuse for your ignorance of the classics.
The works, from out-of-copyright nineteenth-century authors such as Charles Dickens and Jane Austen, will be made available to Kindle users with the help of funding from Microsoft.
The books will be published in their original typeface and with the original illustrations, and will also be available in printed form from Amazon for around £15.
It’s the first time that these first editions have been available in electronic form, and it’s taken the library and Microsoft three years to scan them all. There are plans to extend the list to include early twentieth-century books too.
What Every Business Needs. And How.
“What every business needs. And how.” explains for your client, whether in-house or external, the role designers and designing can play in problem-solving.
This booklet is an extension of the previously published “Why design?” brochure, which sought to develop a common vocabulary on the role of the designer. The value of this brochure is in giving it to clients so that they understand the full potential of the designer’s contribution. To the extent this message and this vocabulary are repeated by all members, we may continue to increase the level of respect and understanding for design.
Anyone may download the booklet and use it in its current or modified form to integrate into proposals, with proper credit given to AIGA.
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