ABOUT A BOOK APART
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The text is set in FF Yoga and its companion, FF Yoga Sans, both by Xavier Dupré. Headlines and cover are set in Titling Gothic by David Berlow, code excerpts in Consolas by Lucas de Groot.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ethan Marcotte (http://ethanmarcotte. com) is a versatile designer/developer whose work demonstrates a passion for the intersection of quality code and compelling design. A resident
of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ethan is fortunate to have worked with such clients as New York Magazine, Stanford University, the Sundance Film Festival, and the W3C. More fun facts: Ethan has a blog (http://
unstoppablerobotninja.com), and blathers incessantly on Twitter (@beep). Also, he is tall.
Ethan is a contributing author and technical editor at A List Apart, the magazine for people who make websites. He is also a popular educator, and has been a featured speaker at
An Event Apart, the SXSW Interactive Festival, Future of Web Design, and AIGA’s In Control conference.
An experienced author, Ethan collaborated with Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman on the third edition of Designing with Web Standards (New Riders, 2009), the classic title that sits on every savvy designer’s bookshelf. Additionally, he acted as a contributing author to Handcrafted CSS (New Riders, 2009),
Web Standards Creativity (friends of ED, 2007) and Professional CSS (Wrox, 2005).
Responsive Web Design is Ethan’s first solo book, and he’s pretty darn excited about that. He’d like to thank you for reading it.
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