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 the height of the child floating elements. The typical solution to fix this is by adding an element with clear float after the floating elements or adding a clearfix to the wrapper. But did […]
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  • On February 9, 2011
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Using CSS Text-Shadow to Create Embossed Text

The text-shadow property creates a shadow underneath text, which is obvious from the name! It’s similar in syntax and functionality to box-shadow, but it follows the shapes of individual letters, rather than rendering around an element’s bounding box. Here’s an example of the general syntax that defines an x-offset, y-offset, blur-radius, and color: 1 text-shadow:3px […]
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  • On May 4, 2010
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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 rely on text to convey their messages, so it’s not a surprise that text is treated with utmost care. In this article, we’ll look at some useful techniques and clever effects that use the power […]
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  • On March 8, 2010
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