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Horizontal scroll on the web

I really like this experiment from Jordan Moore on changing the scroll pattern on his website. While it goes against the users expectation, it does make you take a bit more notice of the page. Some key things to consider moving forward with this would be… Handling RTL content How does mouse scroll behaviour work […]

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Lining.js

In CSS we already have the selector ::first-line to apply style on the first line of element. But there is no selector like ::nth-line(), ::nth-last-line() or even ::last-line. Lining.JS gives you the ability to achieve this. Visit Link

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The Futures so bright, you gotta wear SHADES

Typekit are a font service that allow you to use beautiful webfonts on your website without the additional costs or complexity of purchasing a font from a foundry and converting it to all of the web formats.

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TypoGui.de

A Pocket Guide to Master Every Day’s Typographic Adventures Visit Link

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Type Rendering Mix

Apply CSS based on the text rasterizer and antialiasing your browser is using Visit Link

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Typeup

A nifty Compass extension for quick typesetting without hours of math churning. Visit Link

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Typograph – Scale & Rhythm

A great tool for understanding scale & rhythm with your typography. Visit Link

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Vector & Icon Webfonts

This is a corker of a list of icons and web fonts to make life a little more pretty on your site. Visit Link

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Responsive Measure: A jQuery plugin for responsive typography

Responsive Measure is a simple script that allows you to pass in a selector (ideally the container where your primary content will go) which generates the ideal font size needed to produce the ideal measure for your text. http://jbrewer.github.com/Responsive-Measure/

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Weekly Web Update #3

This week we take a look at Typography Tools, Rethinking the CSS Grid, is HTML5 Web Apps really the answer and making beautiful shapes with CSS3