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  • 11 Amazing @font-face Typefaces

    Jul262010
    font-face

    In this collection we have tried to group together 11 of the best free fonts that specifically allow @font-face embedding. Junction – The League of Movable Type Sorts Mill Goudy – The League of Movable Type Sertig – Type The Font Code – Fontfabric Raleway – The League of Movable Type Calluna – Exljbris Mentone [...]

    5 Useful Tools for Stunning Web Typography

    Apr272010
    5 Useful Tools for Stunning Web Typography

    CSS Type Set CSS Type Set allows you experiment and create different CSS styles using their simple UI. You can alter the look and feel of your inputted text with their different attribute controls, including font size, line height, letter spacing, font weight and a fair few more. Once you are happy with your new [...]

    CSS Text Shadow Property

    Apr262010
    CSS Text Shadow Property

    The CSS Text Shadow property allows designers to add creative effects to the text on their website without having to render the block of text as a image. This is a huge advantage for many reasons, but most importantly for usability and SEO. Although the Text Shadow property is not necessarily a new thing (first [...]

    Using @font-face

    Apr232010
    Using @font-face

    @font-face is a CSS property that allows web designers to use custom typefaces on a website that aren’t installed on the browsers computer. This means that designers can now start to move away from web-safe fonts such as Arial, Georgia, Times New Roman, Verdana, Trebuchet and the gorgeous Comic Sans and replace them custom fonts. [...]

    Macro and Micro Typography

    Dec052009

    A truly vital aspect of Web Design, or any text-based medium is the correct use of Typography, which is essential aspect to a clear and coherent Web Site. Typography is ‘the work of setting and arranging types’, in such a way that is visually appealing, accessible and easily readable. No matter how good your web [...]