Colophon
“Colophon” comes from the Greek “κολοφων,” meaning ‘a summit,’ ‘top,’ ‘finishing.’ It is a description of the details and methods behind a publication, often found on the last few pages of a book.
Typography
The MPAACT logo makes use of Champion HTF Heavyweight. Page titles are set in DF Chase, a font from the Veer type library. Site navigation is set in Trade Gothic and site body text uses Helvetica.
Design and Development
Neoteric Design redesigned the MPAACT refresh in 2008. Neoteric redesigns websites with a focus on customer needs, site goals, ease of use and engaging design.
Technical
We used Illustrator, Photoshop, and TextMate to create this site. The site runs on PHP. Content is maintained using Movable Type 4. The site also utilizes Facelift Image Replacement which dynamically generates image representations of text. The site is authored using structural XHTML, and complies with the 1.0 transitional web standards as set by the W3C.