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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

By : Ben Frain
Book Image

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3

By: Ben Frain

Overview of this book

Tablets, smart phones and even televisions are being used increasingly to view the web. There's never been a greater range of screen sizes and associated user experiences to consider. Web pages built to be responsive provide the best possible version of their content to match the viewing devices of not just today's devices but tomorrow's too.Learn how to design websites according to the new "responsive design"ù methodology, allowing a website to display beautifully on every screen size. Follow along, building and enhancing a responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3. The book provides a practical understanding of these new technologies and techniques that are set to be the future of front-end web development. Starting with a static Photoshop composite, create a website with HTML5 and CSS3 which is flexible depending on the viewer's screen size.With HTML5, pages are leaner and more semantic. A fluid grid design and CSS3 media queries means designs can flex and adapt for any screen size. Beautiful backgrounds, box-shadows and animations will be added ñ all using the power, simplicity and flexibility of CSS3.Responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3 provides the necessary knowledge to ensure your projects won't just be built "right" for today but also the future.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Sizeable icons which are perfect for responsive designs


Smart people are already extending what's possible with CSS3 to great effect. One technique I've seen implemented that I love and now use regularly myself is using @font-face icons in a design.

"What are they?” I hear you cry. Well, my inquisitive friend, I'll tell you. Remember we used the CSS3 @font-face rules in the previous chapter to apply custom typography to our design? @font-face icons are merely fonts specifically made to create commonly used icons. Instead of using lots of separate graphics files for each icon, or even grouping them together into a single, larger sprite image, @font-face icons allow you to apply a single font for every included icon (that's just one http request—woo hoo!). What's more, as it's a font, it scales beautifully—perfect for responsive designs. Fico is a great example, check it out here: http://fico.lensco.be/.