Re: When designers and html meet

Regarding color--

The matter of the Web-safe palette isn't an absolute, of course, 
since we often use other colors while realizing it may be problematic 
for viewers with 8-bit video cards.

The other issue, though, is RGB vs. CMYK. Maybe you could present the 
RGB color space as the good news, and the web palette limitations as 
the bad news.

Other font issues: (1) HTML text doesn't do well as italics 
(jaggies), and it's particularly hard to get the spacing right 
between an italicized word and a roman typeface word; (2) there is 
the option of displaying text as a graphic rather than HTML text.

Unlike print, we don't know the viewer's page size, so additional 
considerations go into the pixel size of a page, especially the 
width, since we usually want to avoid horizontal scrolling.


--Jeff









>Hi all,
>I hope this isn't too much off topic, but this list has always been a good
>source of information in the past.
>
>I will be teaching an upcoming Basic HTML class to savvy graphic designers.
>One of the subjects I want to include is "Don'ts When Designing for the
>Web". i.e. print gradients vs. web gradients, image backgrounds in tables,
>and remembering bandwidth. Are there any other examples anyone can suggest
>or some good sources for examples of these types of don'ts?
>
>Thank you for your help,
>Caramel

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