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Book review: Transcending CSS — the fine art of web design

I ordered it two days ago via Amazon — today the mailman handed it over to me.

Transcending CSS is the new masterpiece by Andy Clarke, the guy behind Stuff and Nonsense. Well, it actually is out there since 7th November 2006, but I couldn’t afford the time to further look at it — until two days ago.

As I read reviews here and there and saw the corresponding website to the book, I immediately switched over to Amazon and ordered my copy.

Since I’m still very busy, there has been no time to really read in it — but I could at least leaf through it a little bit, and what I saw was simply great!

I love it — it starts at the structure of the book: Andy Clarke split it up into four big chapters called Discovery, Process, Inspiration and Transcendece — Andy, his editor Molly E. Holzschlag and Dave Shea, who prefaced the book, did a great job at presenting the steps one needs to accomplish a great website using XHTML and CSS, whereas great refers to a really nice look as well as good techniques behind the look as well as accessibility and so on.

But there’s more than only a great structure and great content: Leafing through the pages you really feel the love that’s behind the beautiful typography and the many great pictures, that round up the overall style and beauty.