When Tim Brown released v2 of the Web Font Specimen (WFS) a few weeks back, he honoured me by asking for my feedback a couple of days before releasing it to the world. I had a couple of suggestions that he took into consideration but ultimately decided to leave aside. Since he licensed WFS with […]
Tim Brown released the Web Font Specimen in conjunction with his article Real Web Type in Real Web Context on A List Apart back in November. He updated it last week to v2 which is laser-focused on seeing what your type looks like in your browser. One very cool component of this release is that […]
This isn’t “new” news, but in the webfont wild west, quality might pass you by. One large problem with webfonts is that the quality of most fonts that are suitably licensed for webfont embedding—in other words, free fonts—is not that high. Services such as Typekit remain the predominant way to get your hands on high-quality […]
A couple of weeks ago I posted Realistic Looking CSS3 Buttons, in which I tried to make awesome-looking CSS3 buttons that required no extra markup. For people who like more code and less talk, the end of the post has the link to the demo. As awesome as they were, they required an explicit width. […]
April 19, 2010 – 11:06 am
A while back Mike Rundle posted the terrific article Crafting Subtle & Realistic User Interfaces. He clearly articulates design details which make buttons look realistic and therefore push-able. If you haven’t read it, go there, spend lots of time looking at his excellent diagrams, and then come back. Go even if you forget to come […]