Proper use and best practices
sIFR is a powerful tool. So powerful, in fact, that you can completely ruin a web page with it if you get overzealous and don’t exercise restraint.
Group items tagged
Mike Davidson - sIFR - 0 views
-
-
sIFR is for headlines, pull quotes, and other small swaths of text
-
type which accents the rest of the page. Body copy should remain browser text.
-
Optimized dynamic generation of Flash movies bound using javascript to provide rich Font experience regardless of the client. Degrades gracefully. Looks interesting when you just HAVE to have that PERFECT font.
Note that it is NOT intended for full paragraphs or any type of extended passages. Serves a similar function as Text Images.
Font Tester - Online Font Comparison Tool - Preview Fonts - Compare Screen Type - 0 views
-
Font Tester is a free online font comparison tool. It allows you to easily preview and compare different fonts side by side with various CSS font styles applied to them. It is very useful for web developers who are looking for just the right font/style/color to use in their pages. To use it all you have to do is simply enter the text you would like to preview, modify the various CSS properties until you find a style you like, and then click on the Get CSS Code button to generate all the necassary CSS code to reproduce those styles in your webpage.
Colors on the Web - Color Theory for web designers - the color wizard generates great c... - 0 views
-
The Color Wizard is a color matching application for anyone who wants to create designs with great looking colors.
Buttonator - 0 views
-
Can create some basic buttons for free. A monthly subscription will get you many more. Good for prototypes etc.
cufón - fonts for the people - 0 views
-
Fast text replacement with canvas and VML - no Flash or images required.
iStylr - Online CSS Template Generator - 0 views
Tiled backgrounds designer - 0 views
In the Woods - 15 CSS Tricks That Must be Learned - 0 views
CSS Creator - 0 views
Easy Blog Design Tool for Wordpress & Movabletype - CSSEZ - 0 views
-
an online CSS authoring tool that has many layout templates, background image maker, and other features. Requires Javascript. (Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer; free; in Japanese)
24 ways: Flickr Photos On Demand with getFlickr - 0 views
-
A script (.js + .css files to download) that will generate a gallery to an HTML link as you use the CSS class getflickrphotos.
OverZone Software - CSS Tab Designer - 0 views
-
With the CSS Tab Designer, you can : Quickly design your list visually Choose from a variety of styles/colors (60+ different designs/colors supported). [ Styles Authors / Credits ] Generate strict xhtml compliant code
Uni-Form - 0 views
-
An attempt to standardize forms. Nice highlighting effects.
-
Plug and play style. Download the uni-form.zip (v1.2) and you're pretty much all set! It is encouraged to edit css properties only in the uni-form.css file, so you can easily upgrade to the newer versions as they come along by copying over the old copy the uni-form-generic.css.
CSS Gradients Demo - 0 views
Cool Text: Logo and Graphics Generator - 0 views
Five simple steps to better typography : Journal : Mark Boulton - 0 views
-
One point = 1/72 of an inch One pica = 12 points One em = The distance horizontally equal to the type size, in points, you are using. Eg. 1em of 12pt type is 12pt. (Thanks to Joe for correcting me on this.)
-
A general good rule of thumb is 2-3 alphabets in length, or 52-78 characters (including spaces).
-
in one line
-
-
Your leading should increase proportionally to your Measure. Small Measure, less leading. Wide Measure, more leading.
- ...1 more annotation...
« First
‹ Previous
81 - 100 of 131
Next ›
Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page