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08/02/2013 1 Comment
Time to get serious with your typesetting skills ;) Let’s first have a look back at some basics and then the @ font-face rule. Please take the time to read the post carefully and follow up on any links. It’s important reading ;)
03/10/2011 Comments Off
quoting blog.typekit.com:
From the start, our vision has been to make the web more beautiful, readable, and fast. Joining Adobe will give us the opportunity to do that at an even larger scale. This news doesn’t mean we’ve crossed the finish line. Actually, we’ve really only just completed the first lap. The race to improve the web will only get faster. I hope you’re enjoying the ride.
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08/06/2011 2 Comments
24/03/2011 Comments Off
You are lucky to be starting your path into webdesign right now, in regards to available fonts you can use. There are now a growing number of font libraries online, offering licenses for an increasing number of different fonts, hosted and delivered via different servers. Let’s take a look at 3 popular platforms:
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18/03/2011 4 Comments
A another little exercise for you :) To give you something to try out @ font-face with. You can choose your own typeface from FonSquirrel – make sure to keep to serif and stay true to the feel of the design.
Download the source files and layout the content of the page as shown in the screenshot (included). You’re not allowed to touch the HTML – all needs to be done via CSS alone. Your challenge is to add the paragraph dividers without the ‘background‘ property. Have fun :)
