Looks like the revolution in web typography will be here faster, than we all suspected. But will it be what people asked for?
Small Batch Inc. announced today Typekit – “The easiest way to use real fonts on your website”. From the scraps of information available today, we know, that Typekit is a platform working with [...]
Published:
May 28, 2009 |
Posted in design | Also tagged @font-face, sifr, typeface.js, typography |
Blip.pl is more or less a Polish equivalent of Twitter. If you upload a photo as an avatar, it will be resized, but the original hi-res image is still stored on the server. To view it, just drag hi-res avatar into your bookmarks bar, and click it while visiting other users’ dashboards.
Published:
May 2, 2009 |
Posted in tips | Also tagged avatar, blip, js |
FontAvailable is a short and brilliant jQuery plugin (put together by Howard Rauscher), that allows to check if ceratin font is installed on a visitor’s computer/device. Why, you ask? So you can select an adequate method of enhancing your website/webapp typography (@font-face, sIFR, typeface.js, cufón, etc.).
$(document).ready(function() {
if($.fontAvailable('klavika')) {
[...]
Published:
April 22, 2009 |
Posted in programming | Also tagged @font-face, css, cufon, flash, jquery, sifr, typeface.js |