Lynda com - CSS: Advanced Typographic Techniques

CSS is a veritable playground for type designers. It allows you to push the boundaries of typography, and explore new creative possibilities. In this course, senior lynda.com author James Williamson explores a number of advanced CSS typographic effects, including text shadows, animation, transforms, and transitions. Plus, learn to use the JavaScript libraries Lettering.js and Modernizr library to control aspects of typography that typical CSS does not.

Topics include:

Controlling font rendering with CSS
Using web fonts
Adjusting kerning
Adding dimension to text
Working with gradients and drop shadows
Using 2D and 3D transforms
Applying perspective
Aligning split text
Creating and triggering transitions
Enabling animations
Extending CSS with Lettering.js and Modernizr