Ну, не то, чтобы очень классика, но для начала хватит с огроменным избытком: http://www-koi8-r.kai.ru/www/manual/contents.html
Доступно также для скачиваниям в виде хытымылы (увы, не PDF). Читай - не хочу.
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Philosophy
Introduction
Purpose of the site
Design strategies
Interface Design
Introduction
Basic interface design for the Web
Information access issues
Navigation
Links & navigation
Site Design
Introduction
Site structure
Site elements I
Site elements II
Intranet design factors
Site Covers
Page Design
Introduction
Graphic design 100
Balanced pages & menus
Design grids for pages
Page headers & footers
Typography I
Typography II
Typefaces
Consistency
Basic tables
Page length
Cross platform issues
Editorial style
Frames
Advanced tables
Style sheets
Miscellaneous layout tips and tricks
Web Graphics
Introduction
Color display primer
Graphic file formats
Interlaced GIFs
Transparent GIFs
JPEG graphics
Summary, file formats
Illustrations
Optimizing graphics I
Optimizing graphics II
Height & width tags
Colored backgrounds
Image maps
Web Multimedia and Animation
Introduction
Design and audiovisual elements
Digital video
Digital audio
GIF animation
Shockwave
Papers
Visual design for the user interface: Design fundamentals
Visual design for the user interface: Graphics in the interface
The evolving interface of multimedia
Appendices
Literature cited
Multimedia bibliography
Graphic user interface bibliography
User interface glossary
Web authoring resources
Downloading & Printing Options
Downloading the style guide
Printing options
Colophon & tools