Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage

March 4, 2018design tips

There’s a lot of good news in the world of web fonts!

  1. The forthcoming version of Microsoft Edge will finally implement unicode-range, the last modern browser to do so.
  2. Preload and font-display are landing in Safari and Firefox.
  3. Variable fonts are shipping everywhere.

Using custom fonts in a performant way is becoming far easier. Let’s take a peek at some things we can do when using custom fonts to make sure we’re being as performant as we can be.…

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Serif, Sans, Script & Slab: 4 Font Types Explained

March 4, 2018design tips
Always wanted to know the difference between serif, sans, script, and slab fonts? Look no further. Take your typography game to the next level, and quit guessing if certain typefaces or font pairs work together. Back your logic with a little design theory! Having a better knowledge of fonts and typography can make explaining your […]
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V6: Color

March 1, 2018design tips

This is a lovely little post by Rob Weychert about color theory, hierarchy and how to implement those colors in a design system. It’s particularly interesting hearing what Rob has to say on HSL, which is an alternative way of setting the color of an element in CSS:

For color adjustment, HSL brings a level of granular control to the process that other color systems lack. And for implementation, Sass lets me assign color values to variables, which make system-wide …

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5 Pieces of AI Software for Your WordPress Site

March 1, 2018design tips
Major experts across a range of verticals are espousing the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) for their industries. AI, defined by John McCarthy in the 50’s as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines’, has numerous applications From natural language processing to market analysis and data mining, AI is being used across financial, educational, …
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WordPress Myths Debunked

March 1, 2018design tips
Not only does WordPress power 29% of the entire internet, it takes up 50-60% of the CMS market share, making it the most widely used CMS in the world. Whether you are setting up a blog, reviving your website, or launching your online enterprise presence, many will recommend that you use this CMS due to its “jack-of-all-trades’ …
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5 Reasons to Be Counting Your Words

March 1, 2018design tips
Almost everyone is a writer in some way. Whether you’re crafting copy for a website, working on a paper for a class, or a content marketing professional trying to develop the perfect tweet, Word Counter is a tool that can make your life easier. A good word counter helps you stay on target with your […]
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Third party CSS is not safe

February 28, 2018design tips

…because third-party anything really isn’t safe. Jake Archibald:

If you’re worried about users tricking your site into loading third party resources, you can use CSP as a safety net, to limit where images, scripts and styles can be fetched from.

We’ve long discussed security considerations for using and managing third-party scripts, but the topic of security in third-party CSS was recently broached in response to a “trick” that employs keylogging via CSS.

Jake’s post is a worthy read because …

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