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Introducing layout methods

Monday

• Comparing layout methods
• One-column layouts, vertical space, and the box model
• Work on Typography

Demo files: Introducing layout demo (ZIP)

Thursday

• Turn in Typography by the start of class
• Start Image/layout
• From class: demo (ZIP)

Reading

Note: your textbook covers an older approach to layout, which we won’t use. For our class, please ignore Duckett’s layout methods. Most layout tutorials floating around the Internet are also using these older techniques.

• Jen Simmons, Layout Land: Hot metal : Pasteup :: Floats : CSS Grid (video, 6 min., captioned)
• Rachel Andrew, The FR Unit (video, 3 min., captioned)