From the course: CSS: Float-Based Page Layouts (2012)

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Page design tools

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As I mentioned earlier, most web designers spend a tremendous amount of time planning and designing sites before they ever write their first line of code. As such, it's essential that you have a strong set of tools to help you with the design process. With that in mind, I want to spend a little bit of time talking about the tools that I use in my own design workflow and how they might be useful in your own. First I recommend getting a good sketchbook. Every one of my sites starts with a series of sketches. This allows me to get ideas down quickly, in a nonpermanent way, and I can take notes, write down measurements, and work through problems before I ever start creating digitally. In fact, I love working in sketchbooks so much that I continue to sketch things out and make notes throughout the entire design process. Next, I want to point out a few online tools that I use. First up, I want to show you Typetester. Now Typetester allows you to compare up to three different fonts to each…

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