The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Second Edition
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Index
Symbols
- 960 Grid System, (960 Grid System), (Fluid Width)
- @font-face , (Web Fonts with @font-face)
A
- above the fold, (Web Page Anatomy)
- additive color model, (Color Theory 101)
- Adobe Kuler, (Adobe Kuler)
- aesthetics, (Defining Good Design)
- alignment, (Continuance), (Text Alignment)
- American Photographic Artists, (Getting Professional Help)
- animated GIFs, (Clipart)
- ASCII art, (Fixed-width Fonts)
- asymmetrical balance, (Asymmetrical Balance)
B
- background images, (Shape), (Pattern)
- background lines, (Line)
- background- properties, (Pattern)
- balance, (Balance)
- baseline grid, (Setting Font Size and Line Height)
- beveling, (Light and Shadow)
- bilateral symmetry, (Symmetrical Balance)
- black, (Color Associations)
- blue, (Color Associations)
- border property, (Using Pure CSS to Enhance Images)
- border-radius property, (Rounded Corners)
- borders, CSS, (Using Pure CSS to Enhance Images)
- Boulton, Mark, (960 Grid System)
- box-shadow property, (Light and Shadow)
- branding, (Web Page Anatomy), (Application: the Color of Coupons), (Application: Clipping and Saving)
- brightness, (Photoshop Adjustments)
C
- call to action, (Contrast)
- canyon, (Text Alignment)
- character entities, (Using Punctuation and Special Characters)
- chromatic value, (Chromatic Value)
- client meetings, (Discovery)
- clipart, (Clipart)
- CMYK color model, (Color Theory 101)
- CMYK color wheel, (Red, Yellow, and Blue, or CMYK)
- color
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- additive (RGB) model, (Color Theory 101)
- chromatic value, (Chromatic Value)
- contrast, (Common Complementary Pitfalls), (Colour Contrast Check)
- cultural considerations, (The Psychology of Color), (Color Associations), (Application: the Color of Coupons)
- psychology of, (The Psychology of Color)
- resources, (Color Tools and Resources)
- saturation, (Saturation)
- subtractive (CMYK) model, (Color Theory 101)
- temperature, (Color Temperature)
- color palettes, (Creating a Palette)
- Color Scheme Designer 3, (Color Scheme Designer 3)
- color schemes
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- about, (The Scheme of Things)
- achromatic, (Monochromatic Color Scheme Examples)
- analogous, (An Analogous Color Scheme)
- color palettes vs., (Creating a Palette)
- complementary, (A Complementary Color Scheme)
- complementary variants, (Split-complementary, Triadic, and Tetradic)
- mixing, (Monochromatic Color Scheme Examples)
- monochromatic, (A Monochromatic Color Scheme), (Other Variants)
- non-standard, (Other Variants)
- split-complement, (Other Variants)
- Color Stream (app), (Color Stream iPhone App)
- color theory, (Color Theory 101)
- color wheels, (Color Theory 101)
- colors
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- complementary, (Red, Yellow, and Blue, or CMYK), (A Complementary Color Scheme)
- discordant, (Common Complementary Pitfalls)
- emotional responses to, (The Psychology of Color)
- hex codes for, (Hexadecimal Notation)
- warm vs. cool, (Color Temperature), (Complementary Color Scheme Examples)
- Colour Contrast Check, (Colour Contrast Check)
- COLOURlovers, (COLOURlovers)
- communication, (Discovery), (Defining Good Design)
- computers, disadvantages of, (Discovery), (Implementation)
- containing blocks, (Web Page Anatomy), (The Rule of Thirds), (Resizing: Fixed, Fluid, or Responsive Layouts)
- content block, (Web Page Anatomy)
- continuance, (Continuance)
- contrast, (Contrast), (Common Complementary Pitfalls), (Colour Contrast Check), (Photoshop Adjustments)
- Corbis, (Rights-managed Images)
- corners, rounding, (Rounded Corners), (Whimsical Cartoon Style)
- Creative Commons licenses, (Google Ganking)
- cropping, (Creative Cropping)
- CSS Drive site, (Finding Inspiration)
- CSS3, please!, (Fixed-width Fonts)
- Cufón, (sIFR and Cufón)
- culture
-
- color and, (The Psychology of Color), (Color Associations), (Application: the Color of Coupons)
- scan order and, (Placement)
D
- Darty, Jeremy, (Asymmetrical Balance)
- DeSandro, David, (Proportion)
- design comps, (The Design Process)
- Design Meltdown site, (Finding Inspiration)
- design process, (The Design Process)
- dingbats, (Dingbat Fonts)
- discordants, (Common Complementary Pitfalls)
- discovery process, (Discovery)
- divine proportion, (Grid Theory)
- dominance, (Emphasis)
- Dreamstime, (Royalty-free Images)
- drop shadows, (Light and Shadow)
E
- economy of line test, (Shapes and Layout)
- em, (Vertical Spacing), (Setting Font Size and Line Height)
- emphasis, (Emphasis), (Imagery)
- expansive footers, (Expansive Footers)
- exploration process, (Exploration)
F
- file formats, (File Formats and Resolutions)
- filters, (Photoshop Adjustments)
- fixed-width fonts, (Fixed-width Fonts)
- fixed-width layouts, (Fixed Width), (Fluid Width)
- Flickr, (Google Ganking)
- flow, (Continuance)
- fluid layouts, (Fluid Width)
- focal points, (Emphasis), (Creative Cropping)
- font families, (Taking Type to the Web), (Typeface Distinctions)
- font formats, (Web Fonts with @font-face)
- font foundries, (Individual Artists and Foundries)
- font galleries, (Finding Fonts)
- Font Squirrel, (Self-hosted Web Fonts)
- font stack, (Taking Type to the Web)
- font-family property, (Taking Type to the Web)
- Fontdeck, (Web Font Services)
- fonts, (Typeface Distinctions)
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- (see also typography)
- about, (Typeface Distinctions)
- embedding, (Web Fonts with @font-face)
- fixed-width vs. proportional, (Fixed-width Fonts)
- formats, (Web Fonts with @font-face)
- handwritten, (Handwritten Fonts)
- hosting, (Self-hosted Web Fonts)
- identifying, (Novelty Fonts)
- image replacement, ( Text Image Replacement)
- mixing, (Choosing the Right Fonts)
- novelty, (Novelty Fonts)
- rendering, (sIFR and Cufón)
- resources, (Self-hosted Web Fonts), (Finding Fonts)
- sans-serif, (Sans-serif Fonts)
- selecting, (Choosing the Right Fonts)
- serif, (Serif Fonts)
- size setting, (Setting Font Size and Line Height)
- special characters, (Using Punctuation and Special Characters)
- symbol (dingbat), (Dingbat Fonts)
- web-safe, (Taking Type to the Web)
- Fontspring, (Self-hosted Web Fonts)
- footers, (Web Page Anatomy), (Expansive Footers)
- Ford, Nathan, (Taking Type to the Web)
- formal balance, (Symmetrical Balance)
- frames, HTML, (Unity)
- Frost, Robert, (Color Associations)
G
- Getty Images, (Rights-managed Images)
- GIFs, (Clipart), (File Formats and Resolutions)
- glyphs, (Dingbat Fonts)
- golden ratio, (Grid Theory)
- Google Font Directory, (Web Font Services)
- Google ganking, (Google Ganking)
- gradients, (Light and Shadow)
- green, (Color Associations), (Application: the Color of Coupons)
- grid theory, (Grid Theory)
H
- handwritten fonts, (Handwritten Fonts)
- hexadecimal notation (for colors), (Hexadecimal Notation)
- horizontal symmetry, (Symmetrical Balance)
- hotlinking, (Hotlinking)
- hue, (Photoshop Adjustments)
I
- identity blocks, (Web Page Anatomy)
- illustrators, professional, (Getting Professional Help)
- image effects, (Creative Image Treatments)
- images
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- about, (Imagery)
- adjusting, (Photoshop Adjustments)
- borders, (Using Pure CSS to Enhance Images)
- creating your own, (Take It or Make It)
- cropping, (Creative Cropping)
- file formats, (File Formats and Resolutions)
- as font replacement, ( Text Image Replacement)
- free, (Free Images)
- hiring a professional, (Getting Professional Help)
- layout and, (Clipart)
- overlaying, (Using Images to Enhance Images)
- rights-managed, (Rights-managed Images)
- royalty-free, (Royalty-free Images)
- selecting, (What to Look For)
- sources to avoid, (How Not to Impress)
- stock photos, (Stock Photography)
- usage guidelines, (Stock Photography)
- img tag, (Creative Image Treatments)
- imperfections, intentional, (Handcrafted Scrapbook)
- implementation process, (Implementation)
- informal balance, (Asymmetrical Balance)
- information architecture, (Exploration)
- intensity, (Saturation)
- isolation, (Isolation), (Imagery)
- iStockphoto, (Royalty-free Images)
- iTalk Recorder (app), (Discovery)
J
- JPEGs, (File Formats and Resolutions)
- Jupiterimages, (Rights-managed Images)
- justification, (Text Alignment)
K
- kerning, (Horizontal Spacing)
L
- layout principles
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- balance, (Balance)
- emphasis, (Emphasis)
- grid theory, (Grid Theory)
- proportion, (Grid Theory)
- unity, (Unity)
- layouts
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- components of, (Web Page Anatomy)
- design process, (The Design Process)
- fixed vs fluid, (Resizing: Fixed, Fluid, or Responsive Layouts)
- images and, (Clipart)
- inspirations for, (Finding Inspiration)
- non-standard, (Finding Inspiration)
- responsive, (An Alternative: Responsive Layouts)
- screen resolution and, (Screen Resolution)
- shapes and, (Shapes and Layout)
- softening, (Rounded Corners)
- standard, (Bread-and-butter Layouts)
- trends in, (Fresh Trends)
- usability vs. aesthetics, (Defining Good Design)
- leading, (Vertical Spacing)
- letter-spacing, (Horizontal Spacing)
- light, (Light and Shadow)
- line height, (Vertical Spacing)
- line-height property, (Vertical Spacing)
- linear gradients, (Light and Shadow)
- liquid layouts, (Fluid Width)
- lists, bulleted, (Repetition)
- LittleSnapper (app), (Using a Morgue File)
- logos, (Web Page Anatomy)
M
- magazine style layout, (Navigationless Magazine Style)
- Marcotte, Ethan, (An Alternative: Responsive Layouts)
- masks, (Creative Cropping)
- max-widthproperty, (Fluid Width)
- McNally, Dave, (Pattern)
- McNeil, Patrick, (Color Associations)
- media queries, (An Alternative: Responsive Layouts), (Rounded Corners)
- min-width property, (Fluid Width)
- Miner, Wilson, (Setting Font Size and Line Height)
- miniaturization, (Proportion)
- minimalism, (Bare-bones Minimalism), (Minimal Texture)
- mobile devices, (An Alternative: Responsive Layouts), (Screen Resolution)
- modern serif, (Serif Fonts)
- Moll, Cameron, (960 Grid System), (Aged, Weathered, Worn, and Nostalgic Style)
- Mondrian, Piet, (Grid Theory)
- mood boards, (Application: the Color of Coupons)
- morgue files, (Using a Morgue File)
- Müller-Brockmann, Josef, (960 Grid System)
N
- navigation block, (Defining Good Design), (Web Page Anatomy), (Left-column Navigation)
- navigationless layout, (Navigationless Magazine Style)
- noise, textural, (Clean and Grainy)
- novelty fonts, (Novelty Fonts)
O
- Old Book Illustrations, (Free Images)
- Omnigraffle, (Getting Started)
- orange, (Color Associations)
- originality, (The Design Process)
- outline property, ( Text Image Replacement)
P
- palettes, (Creating a Palette)
- Pattern Tap site, (Finding Inspiration)
- perspective, (Perspective)
- Phark Method, ( Text Image Replacement)
- photographers, professional, (Getting Professional Help)
- Photos.com, (Royalty-free Images)
- photoshopping, (Photoshop Adjustments)
- Picasso, Pablo, (Bread-and-butter Layouts)
- Pictaculous, (Pictaculous)
- pixels, (Setting Font Size and Line Height)
- placement, (Web Page Anatomy), (Placement)
- PNGs, (File Formats and Resolutions)
- point, as unit of measurement, (Setting Font Size and Line Height)
- pre tag, (Fixed-width Fonts)
- primary colors, (Color Theory 101)
- proportion, (Proportion), (Proportion)
- proportion, divine, (Grid Theory)
- proximity, (Proximity)
- public domain images, (Free Images)
- punctuation, (Using Punctuation and Special Characters)
- purple, (Color Associations)
- Pythagoras, (Grid Theory)
R
- radial gradients, (Light and Shadow)
- radial symmetry, (Symmetrical Balance)
- red, (Color Associations)
- redesign, (Discovery)
- repetition (grouping?), (Repetition)
- resolution
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- image, (Creative Cropping)
- screen, (Screen Resolution)
- responsive layouts, (An Alternative: Responsive Layouts)
- RGB color model, (Color Theory 101)
- river, (Text Alignment)
- rotation, (Rotation)
- rule of thirds, (The Rule of Thirds)
S
- sans-serif fonts, (Sans-serif Fonts)
- saturation, (Saturation), (Photoshop Adjustments)
- Scalable Inman Flash Replacement (sIFR), (sIFR and Cufón)
- scale (see proportion)
- scrapbook style, (Handcrafted Scrapbook)
- screen resolution, (Screen Resolution)
- screenshots, capturing, (Using a Morgue File)
- secondary colors, (Color Theory 101)
- serif fonts, (Serif Fonts)
- shades, (Chromatic Value), (A Monochromatic Color Scheme)
- shadow, (Light and Shadow)
- shapes
-
- geometric vs. organic, (Shape)
- layout and, (Shapes and Layout)
- rotating, (Rotation)
- rounding, (Rounded Corners)
- Sharktopus, (Getting Professional Help)
- Shutterstock, (Royalty-free Images)
- sIFR (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement), (sIFR and Cufón)
- Silverback, (Getting Started)
- simultaneous contrast, (Common Complementary Pitfalls)
- slab serif, (Serif Fonts)
- Smith, Nathan, (960 Grid System)
- Southern Savers case study
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- branding, (Application: Clipping and Saving)
- color, (Application: the Color of Coupons), (Application: The Fine Print)
- home page, (Application: The Fine Print)
- imagery, (Application: the Fine Print)
- layout development, (Application: Southern Savers)
- texture, (Application: Clipping and Saving), (Application: The Fine Print)
- typography, (Application: The Fine Print)
- split-complementary color scheme, (Split-complementary, Triadic, and Tetradic)
- sticky notes, (Exploration), (Getting Started)
- stock photography, (Stock Photography)
- Stock.XCHNG, (Free Images)
- subtractive color model, (Color Theory 101)
- symbol fonts, (Dingbat Fonts)
- symmetrical balance, (Symmetrical Balance)
T
- Teague, Jason Cranford, (Web Fonts with @font-face)
- tertiary colors, (Color Theory 101)
- tetradic color schemes, (Split-complementary, Triadic, and Tetradic)
- text size, (Setting Font Size and Line Height)
- text spacing, (Text Spacing)
- text-alignment property, (Text Alignment)
- text-shadow property, (Light and Shadow)
- textural effects
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- cartoony, (Whimsical Cartoon Style)
- clean vs. grainy, (Clean and Grainy)
- handcrafted, (Handcrafted Scrapbook)
- minimalist, (Minimal Texture)
- trends in, (Starting Your Own Textural Trends)
- weathered, (Aged, Weathered, Worn, and Nostalgic Style)
- texture
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- about, (Texture)
- line, (Line)
- pattern, (Pattern)
- point, (Point)
- resources, (Pattern)
- shape, (Shape)
- volume, (Volume and Depth)
- Tileables, (Pattern)
- tiling, (Pattern)
- TinEye, (Rights-managed Images)
- tints, (Chromatic Value), (A Monochromatic Color Scheme)
- tracking, (Horizontal Spacing)
- transform property, (Rotation)
- transitional serif, (Serif Fonts)
- transparency, (File Formats and Resolutions)
- trends
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- layout, (Fresh Trends)
- textural, (Starting Your Own Textural Trends)
- triadic color scheme, (Split-complementary, Triadic, and Tetradic)
- Twitter home page, (Contrast)
- Typechart, (Text Alignment)
- typefaces (see fonts)
- Typekit, (Web Font Services)
- Typetester, (Text Alignment)
- typography, (Typography)
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- (see also fonts)
- alignment, (Text Alignment)
- history of, (Typography)
- spacing, (Text Spacing), (Fixed-width Fonts)
- terms, (Anatomy of a Letterform)
U
- unity, (Defining Good Design), (Unity)
- Unmatched Style site, (Finding Inspiration)
- usability, (Defining Good Design)
- user testing, (Getting Started)
V
- Vinh, Khoi, (960 Grid System)
- Voice Recorder (app), (Discovery)
- volume, (Volume and Depth)
W
- W3Schools, (Screen Resolution)
- webfonts.info wiki, (Web Font Services)
- WebINK, (Web Font Services)
- webpage components, (Web Page Anatomy)
- What the Hex, (Hexadecimal Notation)
- WhatTheFont, (Novelty Fonts)
- white, (Color Associations)
- whiteboards, (Exploration), (Getting Started)
- whitespace, (Web Page Anatomy)
- wireframes, (Getting Started)
- word-spacing property, (Horizontal Spacing)
Y
- Yahoo Design Pattern Library, (Finding Inspiration)
- yellow, (Color Associations)
- YourFonts.com, (Handwritten Fonts)
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