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WRT235: Writing in Electronic Environments

WRT235: Writing in Electronic Environments. CSS Backgrounds, colors, fonts. Agenda. Review: float for positioning Review: CSS and color Introduction: CSS and images CSS backgrounds CSS and fonts. Why floats?. What do floats do? What were floats originally designed for?. CSS and Color.

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WRT235: Writing in Electronic Environments

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  1. WRT235: Writing in Electronic Environments CSS Backgrounds, colors, fonts

  2. Agenda • Review: float for positioning • Review: CSS and color • Introduction: • CSS and images • CSS backgrounds • CSS and fonts

  3. Why floats? • What do floats do? • What were floats originally designed for?

  4. CSS and Color • color = font color • colorcan take hex codes, rgb values, or color names • What do we want? • Hex values – more precise, easy to take from our color palette • background or background-color = color behind element • background or background-color can take hex codes, rgb values, or color names

  5. Short Activity: backgrounds • Create a new HTML doc in Thimble • Add the following to the document: • container <div> with • 2 headers • 5 paragraphs of lorenipsum text • Embedded <style> tags for CSS in the head of the document

  6. CSS for object backgrounds: color • Working with solid colors • {background-color:red} or {background:red} • Works the same way for color declarations • Apply a background color to your headers

  7. How to pick colors • Colors are hard • One way to know that colors work together is to look at a nature photograph • We understand what colors work and what don’t from the world around us. Colors in nature are natural colors to us

  8. Tropical Fish

  9. Tropical fish cont.

  10. Color Resources • http://html-color-codes.info/colors-from-image/ • https://kuler.adobe.com/ • http://www.colorpicker.com/

  11. CSS for object backgrounds: images • We can also use an image for a background • Can be applied to any object • Image -> css = image -> html • Declaration: • background-image: url(value); • Value can be absolute (full url) or relative (e.g., document in a folder that the HTML links to) • Give your #container a background from this url: • https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/428344285814333440/DhlLT52Z_400x400.jpeg

  12. CSS for object backgrounds: images • We can adjust the size of the background image by adding another declaration using background-size • In the #container add: • background-size: VALUEpx #container { background-size: 200px; }

  13. CSS for object backgrounds: images • Background images repeat horizontally and vertically • Control repetition • background-repeat: VALUE; • Options: repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat • Experiment • Set to repeat only horizontally • Set to repeat only vertically

  14. CSS for object backgrounds: images • Define how a background scrolls • Usually limited to non-repeated backgrounds • Control attachment: • background-attachment: VALUE; • Options: scroll | fixed • Experiment • Set background-repeat to no-repeat • background-attachment: fixed

  15. CSS for object backgrounds: images • Position where a background image appears • Control position: • background-position: VALUE; • Options: left, center, right, top, center, bottom • Choose both horizontal and vertical (e.g. left bottom) • Set background-repeat to no-repeat • background-position: top right;

  16. Additional Readings • CSS Positioning of elements (not simply backgrounds) - http://alistapart.com/article/css-positioning-101/ • http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/110-quick-overview-of-css-position-values/

  17. CSS and Fonts • font-weight: bold; • font-style: italic; • font-decoration: underline;

  18. CSS Fonts: font-family • Define the specific font you want • Define “fallback fonts” – fonts to use if the browser can’t find the fonts you specify • Font-family: Century Gothic, Tahoma, sans-serif Try this first Second If nothing else works Third

  19. Google Fonts • Google’s API allows you to link to their library of fonts • You can get started here: • https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/getting_started • 2 basics: • You must have a link to the GoogleAPI font in the <head> section of the your HTML page • You must list the Google fonts in your CSS

  20. Typography choices are rhetorical choices • Fonts have a purpose beyond simply transmitting words • You must have a reason for your font choice, font-sizing, font weight, and font color • Using default fonts or using fonts that you always use or using fonts that you just like are not good reasons • Try to avoid using more than 2 different fonts • CRAP rules always apply

  21. Font tips • Sans serif fonts are the most readable fonts on screen • Brightly color fonts can lead to reader fatigue • You will have the most flexibility in the selection of header typography.

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