In this section, we'll look at how we can add an icon font to our website. Icon fonts work nicely when you have solid, colored icons that are used on your site. Instead of having every image as a separate request, all icons are part of one request for the entire font—this is faster. Since we're not using images, we can use CSS to provide the color and size of the image, meaning we can make the icons larger without losing fidelity. We'll showcase our icon fonts in the footer. So first, we'll have to build the footer for both pages, then we'll download a free icon font from the ZURB Foundation. Next, we'll use CSS to add the icon fonts to our website. Last, we'll add a :hover state to the icons to experiment with how we can use CSS to change their appearance.
Mastering CSS
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Mastering CSS
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Overview of this book
Rich Finelli trains you in CSS deep learning and shows you the techniques you need to work in the world of responsive, feature-rich web applications. Based on his bestselling Mastering CSS training video, you can now learn with Rich in this book! Rich shares with you his skills in creating advanced layouts, and the critical CSS insights you need for responsive web designs, fonts, transitions, animations, and using flexbox.
Rich begins your CSS training with a review of CSS best practices, such as using a good text editor to automate your authoring and setting up a CSS baseline. You then move on to create a responsive layout making use of floats and stylable drop-down menus, with Rich guiding you toward a modular-organized approach to CSS.
Your training with Rich Finelli then dives into detail about working with CSS and the best solutions to make your websites work. You'll go with him into CSS3 properties, transforms, transitions, and animations. You’ll gain his understanding of responsive web designs, web fonts, icon fonts, and the techniques used to support retina devices. Rich expands your knowledge of CSS so you can master one of the most valuable tools in modern web design.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
CSS Foundations
Ramping Up
Creating a Page Layout with Floats
Creating Buttons with Modular, Reusable CSS Classes, and CSS3
Creating the Main Navigation and Drop-Down Menu
Becoming Responsive
Web Fonts
Workflow for HiDPI Devices
Flexbox, Part 1
Flexbox, Part 2
Wrapping Up
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