Pencil Media is a design studio located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Pencil Media was formed by Ralph Garcia to offer small to medium-sized businesses Marketing Communications support. Proficient in digital media across the Web, Print, and Multimedia mediums. Click here to see the work.
Use Web Standards for accessability and stability. As web developers, we are constantly trying to address the problem of inconsistencies between the renderings of web pages by different browsers and browser versions. Writing web pages in accordance with the standards shortens site development time and makes pages easier to maintain. Debugging and troubleshooting become easier, because the code follows a standard. No longer do you have to worry about the coding and maintenance for several versions of code that are supposed to accomplish the same presentation. One version of your site, and that is it.
Read about W3C Standards Document Model and Using XHTML 1.0 and CSS Level 2.1
A very neat site to compare all the aspects of typography of different fonts in web environment. http://typetester.maratz.com/
Useful visual tool showing the difference in font sizes using percentages
The web is constantly evolving and I often discover new web methods. I am constantly trying to learn and practice. Here is a depository of coding practice Click here
This is a mockup mini portfolio website. It's an example of a navigation system using flash. Click here to check it out.