Using Typekit Fonts on Web Sites


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level


Overview/Description
Typekit makes it quick and easy to create kits for publishing creative, striking fonts to web sites. In this course, you will learn how to create a kit using the Typekit interface. You'll also learn about deploying kits on both WordPress and simple HTML web sites, and about customizing cascading style sheets (CSS) to apply Typekit fonts. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers Adobe Typekit.

Target Audience
Designers and other professionals who may benefit from using the Typekit fonts, in desktop applications or on web sites.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.4

Lesson Objectives

Using Typekit Fonts on Web Sites

  • start the course
  • describe the use of kits to deploy Typekit fonts
  • define a Typescript kit and install JavaScript for it
  • add Typekit fonts to a kit for use on a web site
  • add selectors for a kit in Typekit
  • describe how to use character sets when working with font kits
  • publish a font kit configured using Typekit
  • edit a Typekit font kit
  • configure a fallback font for a kit using the Typekit interface
  • configure a fallback font using HTML
  • use HTML to add a Typekit font kit to a WordPress site
  • use a plugin to add a Typekit font kit to a WordPress site
  • use HTML to customize a cascading style sheet (CSS) in WordPress, to control the use of Typekit fonts
  • use a plugin to customize a cascading style sheet (CSS) in WordPress, to control the use of Typekit fonts
  • use available selectors in the Typekit interface to customize a cascading style sheet (CSS) for a WordPress site
  • add a font kit created in Typekit to an HTML-only web site
  • customize a cascading style sheet (CSS) in an HTML-only web site
  • define numeric font weight and style settings
  • write the Typekit font-family name for a font family into a cascading style sheet (CSS)
  • use variation-specific font family names in Typekit to overcome the limitations on font families in Internet Explorer 6 to 8
  • create and publish a kit using Typekit, and use it to add specific fonts to a web site

    • Course Number:
    at_usty_a02_it_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate