Posted by: fastpipe on: August 31, 2009
This is a presentation I’ve previously given during WordPress training.
I’ve taught using this book and highly recommend it as a reference. Its focus is more on code than graphics, but it offers a good overview of Typography and CSS as well as file formats:
Web Design in a Nutshell, Third Edition, $34.99
by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
This is by the same author, but more graphic design oriented:
Learning Web Design, Third Edition, $44.99
by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
This is another book I evaluated that’s very graphic design oriented:
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, $39.95
By Jason Beaird
All three books are published by O’Reilly. The first two are available using O’Reilly’s Safari Books Online.
There are thousands of graphics tutorials on the web and this particular site provides an endless stream of new material that I learn from every day: