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Typography and colour are the minimum<br />
components you would expect to use to form a design<br />
andcreatecontentthathasadistinctlookandfeel.”<br />
Steven Roberts<br />
Simon Jones<br />
Steven is a multi-disciplined<br />
creative developer from<br />
Teesside. He’s been<br />
designing and building<br />
layouts for over 10 years.<br />
This issue he’ll be revealing<br />
howtocreatelayoutswitha<br />
practicalfocusonCSSGrid.<br />
Page 62<br />
This issue Simon digs into<br />
the depths of his knowledge<br />
to talk about static site<br />
generators. They offer a<br />
simplewaytoproducehigh<br />
performance static pages<br />
for the web. Here he<br />
choosestenofthebestout<br />
there. Page 74<br />
Mark Shufflebottom<br />
Leon Brown<br />
MarkisaProfessorof<br />
Interaction Design at<br />
Sheridan College near<br />
Toronto. This issue he is<br />
exploring CSS4 variables<br />
andhowtheycanhelp<br />
designers experiment<br />
further with their web<br />
designs. Page 70<br />
Leon is a freelance web<br />
developerandtrainerwho<br />
assists web developers in<br />
creating efficient code for<br />
projects. This issue he<br />
recreates a host of<br />
techniques as seen on the<br />
top-class sites seen in<br />
Lightbox. Page 14<br />
Carl Cahill<br />
Carl is a creative who has<br />
been in the industy for over<br />
10yearswithapassionfor<br />
UID and has previously been<br />
awarded Creative of the Year.<br />
This issue Carl uses his<br />
knowledge to reveal how to<br />
pick the right font, the rules<br />
for combining fonts, how to<br />
choose the right colours and<br />
thetoolsandresourcesto<br />
help. Page 42<br />
Matej Latin<br />
Luke Harrison<br />
Matej is the author of<br />
Better <strong>Web</strong> Typography for<br />
aBetter<strong>Web</strong>andalsothe<br />
leadUX/UIdesigneratAuto<br />
Trader <strong>UK</strong>. This issue he<br />
unveils the six steps needed<br />
to create meaningful<br />
typography with some great<br />
examples. Page 46<br />
Luke is a web developer<br />
from Sheffield, <strong>UK</strong> who is all<br />
aboutscalable&efficient<br />
front-end architecture. In<br />
this issue, he explores how<br />
you can automate your<br />
workflow with Node.js<br />
powered task runner Gulp.<br />
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