CSS: Advanced Typographic Techniques

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Free Online Course: CSS: Advanced Typographic Techniques provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. CSS: Advanced Typographic Techniques is taught by James Williamson.

Overview
  • Explore the creative possibilities of CSS typographic effects, including text shadows, animation, transforms, and 3D depth.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Getting Started
    • Course overview
    • Controlling font rendering
    • Introducing Lettering.js
    • Web font options
    • Browsing Adobe Edge Web Fonts
    2. Using Lettering.js
    • Project overview
    • Enabling Lettering.js
    • Controlling text wrapping
    • Adding kerning
    • Controlling stacking
    • Adding text shadows
    3. Creating Dimensional Text
    • Project overview
    • Adding dimensions to text
    • Using gradients
    • Working with drop shadows
    • Using 2D transforms
    4. Creating Refracted Text
    • Project overview
    • Structuring HTML
    • Using generated content
    • Giving text a 3D look
    • Simulating submerged text
    • Clipping text
    • Applying perspective
    • Using 3D transforms
    • Aligning split text
    5. Animating Text
    • Project overview
    • Creating blurred text
    • Creating transitions
    • Triggering transitions
    • Creating keyframe animations
    • Enabling animations
    6. Using Modernizr
    • Project overview
    • Downloading Modernizr
    • Modernizr basics
    • Creating default styles
    • Using Modernizr to load scripts
    • Conditional resource loading
    • Using vendor prefixes
    • Extending Modernizr
    Conclusion
    • Additional resources