W3CSS Theme - European Signal Colors Library

By drupalhero |

With the advent of laser and inkjet printers, we seem to be buried under mounds of perfectly printed paper. Even the Web seems to have increased the amount of paper we use. If an article on the Web is longer than a couple of scrolls, many people print it. But the Web was created to display information on the screen, not on paper. Web graphics look blocky when printed, and straight HTML lacks much in the way of layout controls. That said, you can take steps to improve the appearance of printed Web pages.

W3CSS Theme - Margin Classes

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The margin of an element allows you to set the space between that element and other elements in the window by specifying one to four values that correspond to all four sides together, the top/ bottom and left/right sides as pairs, or all four sides independently. To define the margins of an element: 1. Start your declaration by typing the margin shortcut property name in the declaration block, followed by a colon (:) margin: 2. Type a value for the margin.

W3CSS Theme - Round Classes

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Rounded corners can help soften an otherwise sharp design, but they have been difficult to achieve using images. CSS3 includes a simple method for rounding off one or all of the corners of an element’s box: border-radius. Both Mozilla and Webkit have implemented their own versions of border-radius in advance of the final W3C pronouncement, and you need to take these browser extensions into account for the widest interoperability. To set rounded corners:

W3CSS Theme - Font & Text Classes

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It’s sometimes difficult to keep track of all the values that you are using in your design. It’s unlikely that CSS will ever include constants, so it will help to keep notes in an easy-to-reference location in your document. Creating a glossary of colors and types leads to more consistent and attractive designs  Although section headers and dividers really aren’t anything more than CSS comments, they do help organize your CSS and allow you to quickly scan your code to locate particular CSS rule groups. If you have established a TOC, I recommend reflecting that organization here.