Typography on a Webpage

It was hard finding a poem. I had this great idea of finding a love poem and having hearts in the background, but it was hard finding a FAMOUS author. There were tons of website where users could post poems they created, but I wanted something well known. I also, didn't want to restrict myself to website that was provided in class.

I found this sad love poem by Alexander Pushkin. The poem is actually in Russian but was translated. I found the translation here.

It's a really sad poem, and creating the site around it, I wanted to keep it simple. I was disappointed though, because I wanted to use fonts that were similar to someone writing a letter. I felt limited on only using Verdana, Times New Roman, etc in order to make sure that it could be seen in all browsers.

Outside of that, the page is very simple, but I created it in this manner to make the poem have impact. I also made use of positioning elements.

In terms of html, I learned to use em instead of percentage when using relative positioning.

I will search google, and post ways to get around the font issue, besides posting a picture of the font you want to use. I will get back to you with more details.

Here is the link to my page: http://people.rit.edu/~ifo0912/409/poem.html

CSS Zen Websites

I checked out CSS Zen Garden and I found two sites, one that I liked and another I disliked. Both used a good amount of CSS, and after looking at a lot of the examples on the site, I realized that only the text was seen in the source. Images and the entire layout was placed on the webpage through CSS.

Bad Site:
Maybe its because I am not a lego fan,
but I really disliked this example of CS. The text is
too ackward and plays with my eyes. It doesn't
make use of its whitespace in a manner that is appealing.
Also its navigation is close to the middle of the page,
which I find ackward. Overall, there is too much going
on for me to notice the text.





Good Website:
What can I say, when it comes to designing a website,
I go the more professional route, and I was shocked
after viewing this site. It jumps out of you, and the
use of colors, and creative images, makes it really cool.
I need to practice more on splicing images, and having it
look together on a website.