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  • February 8, 2012
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  • CSS, HTML, layout

A Farewell to CSS3 Gradients

Before we get started, let’s get one thing straight:
I ♥ CSS3.
I understand that we’ve never had it so good. In...
  • September 28, 2011
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  • CSS, CSS3, fonts, typeface

5 of the Best CSS3 Font Tools

Fonts have made the most dramatic visual impact on the web since graphic support was added to browsers. A few years...
  • March 9, 2011
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  • CSS, HTML, typography

CSS letter-​​spacing and Where to Use It

The letter-spacing property is an often forgotten CSS option which allows us to change the tracking between letters. Altering the default...

  • February 9, 2011
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  • CSS, Properties, techniques

CSS: Clearing Floats with Overflow

One of the common problems we face when coding with float based layouts is that the wrapper container doesn’t expand to...

  • May 14, 2010
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  • CSS, Design, typography

Create Beautiful CSS3 Typography

It has been suggested that beautiful and usable websites are created on a foundation of beautiful and usable typography. I’ve...

  • April 15, 2010
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  • CSS, inheritance, Selectors, specificity

CSS Specificity And Inheritance

CSS’ barrier to entry is extremely low, mainly due to the nature of its syntax. Being clear and easy to...

  • April 12, 2010
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  • code, CSS, Web Designer

The Crafty Coder’s CSS Toolbox

Someone once said, ‘Style is all that matters.’, and if they didn’t, they should have. Mainly, because it would help...

  • March 8, 2010
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  • code, CSS, Properties, standards

The Future Of CSS Typography

There has been an increasing and sincere interest in typography on the web over the last few years. Most websites...

  • February 18, 2010
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  • code, CSS, HTML, Web Designer

5 Good Reasons Why Designers Should Code

I’m shocked that in 2010 I’m still coming across ‘web designers’ who can’t code their own designs.

His comment...
  • January 28, 2010
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  • animation, Browsers, CSS, transformation, transition

What You Need To Know About Behavioral CSS

As we move forward with the Web and browsers become capable of rendering more advanced code, we gradually get closer to...