pThere may well be a lot of books out there covering CSS and HTML, but this one stands out from the crowd by combining all the best aspects of reference and tutorial books -- it teaches everything you need to know to design great web sites, and moves at a fast pace, eschewing unnecessary theory and obscure details. It is designed so that any level of web designer or developer will find this to be an essential guide. It teaches the basics of CSS and HTML before quickly moving on to cover in depth all of the essential areas of web design, including forms, tables, typography, layout, browser quirks and more. It also includes complete case studies to inspire readers, and reference sections, so readers can quickly look up syntactical details. It is also bang up to date, covering support of the newest standards in all the latest browsers.p