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Simple CSS Tricks to Greatly Improve Site Typography

When creating a minimalist or simple website design, typography plays a key role in adding contrast and interest that would normally be done with images. Because of that, it’s essential that the typography looks professional and is well-tuned with the rest of the design. Here are a few CSS tips to make sure you get […]
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Active State in Navigation – CSS Navigation Tutorial

I am sure you have been on a website where the navigation has an “active” state, basically showing you which page you are currently on. It’s a great way to let visitors know exactly where they are on a site. This tutorial shows you how to use a CSS sprite to create a navigation menu […]
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Divine CSS

The Divine CSS website showcases some of the world’s best designed websites (Flash & CSS) from around the world. The team at Divine CSS are made of a mixture of graphic and web designers, programmers and developers with a combined 25 years experience in the industry.
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CSS Remix

CSS Remix showcases only the best designed CSS based websites. Started in early 2006, CSS Remix has a dedicated and passionate fan-base of web professionals including designers, developers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and more..
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Create letterpress type using only CSS

The letterpress effect is one of the 2009 trends and is present in a lot of websites. It simply works because it adds a touch of “tactile” to the overall design and at the same time looks good with gradients, shadows, etc. Let’s see a quick way to add this effect to our sites using […]
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Darkeye

DarkEye is a showcase of more than 6,000 website designs.
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3 Ways to Add Depth to Any Website with CSS

In design, the small and subtle details can have the biggest impact. Smoother lines, refined textures, and the right shape and size bring a lot to the design. Finer details can take your designs from good to great. One technique we use regularly is adding depth to a design to give it that extra flair. […]
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20+ Resources and Tutorials for Creative Forms using CSS

Forms do not have to be boring and ugly, they too can be beautiful. With the proper understanding of each element (radio buttons, checkboxes, textareas..), CSS know-how, a little patience and some creativity you can make your forms beautiful. Throw in, the always important, semantics and accessibilty and things can get tricky. Here are 20+ […]
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CSS Pull Quotes

Pull quotes are commonly used in print publications to draw emphasis to a particular quote or excerpt from a document, typically placing it in a larger typeface nearby on the page. When creating a well formed HTML document, pullquotes introduce a challenge in that they require a passage of text to be repeated on the […]
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@font-face: The Potential of Web Typography

Firefox 3.5 is out and with it comes the support for some new CSS3 selectors. The more users download it, the more designers will be able to take advantage of the @font-face CSS rule. How can @font-face be used with currently implemented CSS selectors to create engaging, nuanced and more mature typography? Here’s an article […]
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