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Five Simple Steps to Typesetting on the web: Printing the web

April 01, 2006

The screen is just one of the media types for which we have to design for. Another media type, which I feel is often neglected as part of the design process for a web site, is print.

There are times when a web designer has to know about print design. Not just the values and aesthetics of designing for print, but the terminology, measurements and production values that are important in print design—including typesetting. I’ll be addressing these, along with a working examples over the course of the next three installments of this ‘Simple Steps’ series.

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New Erskine site.
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BlueTrip CSS Framework :: Home Page
Blueprint, Tripoli, Hartija's print stylesheet, and 960.gs's simplicity.
CRW / Corporate Risk Watch
Simple effective design. Refreshing to see such companies go out on a limb design-wise.
Black Estate Vineyard
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24 ways: Art Directing with Looking Room
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A picture of Mark BoultonI'm a graphic designer from near Cardiff in the UK. I've been a designer for over ten years now and primarily work on the web. I'm still partial to a bit of print every now and then though. I used to work for Agency.com in London as an Art Director before working as a Senior Designer for the BBC in sunny Cardiff. This was all before I took leave of my senses and formed my own design consultancy, Mark Boulton Design Ltd.

I've got a thing about grids and typography and occasionally ramble on about them to anyone who will listen.

If you're after simple, clean and effective web design; let me know.