style sheet
Design standards document
A style sheet is a set of standards governing formatting and presentation.
In publishing, style sheets specify fonts, margins, and heading conventions.
In web development, a style sheet (particularly CSS) controls how HTML elements appear on screen.
The term extends to any document establishing consistent rules: The company's style sheet requires Oxford commas.
- CSSWeb presentation language
- selectorMechanism for choosing
- cascadingFalling in stages
- typographyArranging letters for display
- font familyRelated typographic designs
formatting · template · layout · responsive · guidelines · desktop publishing · inheritance · declaration · markup language · typesetting · mockup · margins · specificity · content management · rules · design · web · front end
- design termsline, color, font, shape, form
- editing toolsred pen, spell check, grammar check, editor, dictionary
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- templatesemail template, invoice template, resume template, proposal template, contract template
standardization vs. improvisation
style sheetcreative direction
Guiding aesthetic vision
artistic freedom · improvisation · blank canvas · bespoke design · artistic license