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CIS 147 Lesson 2: Using Text Effectively on Web Pages Reading |
Text on a Web page is used to both communicate information and capture interest. In this lesson you will learn how to use text effectively on a web page. We will be using the web site Web Style Guide to explore the proper and creative application of text. Some of the technical information about browsers is out of date but the style information is still current and useful.
To access the reading click on the link below, the Web site for the reading assignment will appear in a separate browser so that you can switch between the reading and my comments below and the Project 3 Word document.
http://webstyleguide.com/type/index.html
Please complete Project 3: Reading Questions Lesson 2. Download the Word document using the link below. Using Microsoft Word answer the questions on the Word Document, when you have completed the Word documents save it with the file name Project 3 Worksheet (your name) and send it to me as an e -mail attachment. The subject line for the e-mail should read Completed Project 3 (your name).
Word Document for Project 3 Reading Questions
Some Comments on the Reading Assignment.
In the pages you will be looking at you will see references to HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) tags, it is important to see this information. With modern Web page and site design programs the HTML language is being created by the program. When you first begin to design Web pages you rely on the design program to create the HTML for you, as you become more sophisticated in your Web design you will find that you need to work with the HTML that creates the web page. This class is designed to teach you the basics, there are classes in the HTML language for those interested in a more detailed explanation.
In the Nvu Users Guide in the section Using Nvu is a topic Mini-guide to HTML you might want to look at for additional information of the HTML language.
Many of the points discussed in this reading assignment will become more understandable when you begin to create pages with text on them.
In the reading you will find references to the use of Cascading Style Sheets. We will be going over the basics of CSS’s in the last lesson.
In the Line Length section you will see a reference to using invisible tables to restrict line length. We will cover this in Lesson 4: Using Tables on a Web Page.
The White Spaces is a technical discussion of how to add white space between lines and paragraphs of text. We will control vertical spacing by using the paragraph tag, the line break tag, tables and CSS’s.
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