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SitePoint’s best-selling web design guide has been revised and updated for this third edition, making it the most valuable web design companion around.
Lavishly illustrated with detailed examples, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is an easy-to-follow guide that will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. No prior web design experience is required.
What you’ll learn
- Apply color effectively and develop killer color schemes.
- Create layouts that look great on any device using responsive design.
- Use textures: point, line, shape, volume, depth, and pattern.
- Construct brilliant layout foundations using whitepsace and grids.
- Master typography, and use web fonts to make dull designs dazzle.
- Adopt frameworks like Foundation and Bootstrap to create well-structured designs.
- Choose, edit, and position imagery effectively.
Who should do this
If you’re squeamish about choosing colors, feel uninspired by a blank browser window, or get lost trying to choose the right font, this book is for you. I take a methodical approach to presenting traditional graphic design theory as it applies to today’s website development industry. While the content is directed towards web programmers and developers, it provides a design primer and relevant examples that will benefit readers at any level.
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