What have I learned from Chapter 2?

I should hire a professional to design my website!  Just kidding. IT sounds very complicated though. You have to watch for so many different variables, to make sure your website is successful.

Readability - makes sure you use the sans serif font type. It will be easier to read on screen. Never let large amounts of text in bold, italics, or all caps. Small amount are ok. Make sure you have contrast.

Legibility - use sans serif typeface. Do not set the type in all caps, unless you want it to look square.

Default fonts and sizes - every browser has a default font and size setting. You can change it anytime in the preference window. The default differs between the Safari and Explorer browser.

Cross-platform fonts - Even though a font is readable on both a pc and mac, does not mean it shows up the same. No matter how the browser is set up, or which system you use, to have a great website use Cascading Style Sheet to format your text.

Cascading Style Sheets - Style Sheets are program that can be used to name and define whole sets of formatting the text on web pages. There are 5 styles:

• Default Browser Style
• Imported Style
• Linked Styles
• Embedded Styles
• Inline Styles

CSS Code - css includes controls on how the text will appear in a browser.