lucentwebdesign.co.uk, like all of our sites, complies with web standards coding guidelines specified by the World Wide Web Consortium (validate our XHTML and CSS code).
The site also achieves at least Level One compliance with the Consortium's Website Content Accessibility Guidelines. A print stylesheet has been developed to allow users to print the site's pages without superflous design elements such as header, footer and sidebar graphics.
The typeface used for the site's masthead typography is Requiem, a Renaissance serif designed by Hoefler & Frere-Jones. The body text serif is Georgia, and the sans-serif Verdana, both by Matthew Carter.
The site's imagery is inspired by Renaissance and Neoclassical architectural codices and manuscripts, including designs by Leon Battista Alberti, Andrea Palladio and Claude Perrault. And a nice photograph of clouds.
The content management system used to maintain the site is ExpressionEngine by EllisLabs.