Tag: typography

CSS Font Stacks

A handy list of CSS based font stacks that you can copy and paste into your won stylesheets…
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Hyphenation arrives in Firefox and Safari

In print, hyphenation has 2 main uses: saving paper, and improving justification and evenness of typographic layout. On the web we can use the new CSS3 hyphenation property to help fit more words on a page and make the most of screen real estate…
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12 Fun CSS Text Shadows You Can Copy and Paste

Looking for a quick and easy way to add text shadows to your design? Here’s an article with a few useful CSS3 text-shadow code samples that you can cut and paste then use in your own work…
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CSSWARP – CSS Text to Path Generator

CSS3Warp is a proof of concept: create Illustrator like "warped" text text following an irregular path with pure CSS and HTML…
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CSS Typography: The Basics

Good typography is not only imperative for aesthetic appeal, but also improves site usability when text legibility and readability concepts are applied. Typography is all about proportions and spacing. There are also font styles to consider. How can we use CSS for great typography in our web designs? This is a question we’ll try to […]
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The Font-Face Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks

The possibility of embedding any font you like into websites via @font-face is an additional stylistic device which promises to abolish the monotony of the usual system fonts. It surely would be all too easy if there was only one Web font format out there. Instead, there’s quite a variety, as you will get to […]
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The New Bulletproof @Font-Face Syntax

Since the beginning of the ‘webfont revolution’ we’ve relied on somewhat hacky @font-face declarations to get webfonts loading cross-browser. Could there be a better way? One that’s clear and compatible with future browsers?
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CSS properties that affect type rendering

When it comes to type rendering on the web, there’s not much web designers can do. The way fonts appear on screen is mostly due to operating systems, browsers, typeface designs, font files, and how those font files are (or are not) augmented with instructions for the most unforgiving rendering scenarios. But in some cases, […]
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Fun With CSS Text-Shadow

I used 100 text-shadows to make the graphic below happen. Sure, it’s excessive, ridiculous and just plain silly. But why, at times, can’t the web be all of those things? I’m all for sensible, well-reasoned CSS, but let’s keep things in perspective. We’re not surgeons. We can experiment without causing anyone bodily injury…
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CSS Run-in Display Value

CSS has a value for the display attribute called run-in. It allows a header to run into text below it, without sacrificing semantics or running into the problems you might run into trying to force it with other layout techniques…
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