For multilingual web projects, there is a strong chance that we need to work with characters represented with Unicode universal character set. And, besides that, there are many useful unicode characters that can replace icons or some images in web pages which makes it a good idea to have a library of these characters in [...]
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Gridlover is a free to use web application for creating a type system with modular scale and vertical rhythm. Inside a page with major HTML tags for type like headings, lists, paragraphs or article, it allows playing with values like: body font size body line height scale factor sizes for each element the unit desired [...]
Web Symbols is a free font that includes many widely-used icons in websites and apps rather than letters. It has icons for CMS interfaces, gallery navigation, social networks, social apps and various other items like a loader, e-mail or list. The typeface comes in all the required formats including .woff, .ttf, .svg, and .eot. Special [...]
Web Typography for the Lonely is a website that creates awesome typography using web standards (such as SVG, Html5 canvas and CSS3) and JavaScript. There are both static and interactive examples and all of them are documented in detail. It is possible to download the sources of the experiments and also find the related articles/resources [...]
When browsing a website, we sometimes see a beautiful font, wonder what it is, check the source + CSS file (or Firebug) and get the answer. Sounds familiar? WhatFont is a bookmarklet that eases this process so much. Once pressed, it displays the font used for any text hovered. If you click on the text, [...]
When browsing a website, we sometimes see a beautiful font, wonder what it is, check the source + CSS file (or Firebug) and get the answer. Sounds familiar? WhatFont is a bookmarklet that eases this process so much. Once pressed, it displays the font used for any text hovered. If you click on the text, [...]
We are using new web fonts each day and need to pair them with standard fonts for a better use experience. FFFFALLBACK is a bookmarklet which, once clicked, scans the web page, finds the web fonts used and creates an interface where you can easily try alternative fonts. It lets you to instantly toggle between [...]
FOUT (Flash Of Unstyled Type) is the moment where web fonts appear unstyled for a short time just before loading @font-face (in FF 3.5/3.6 and IE 7-9). Once the web page is loaded, the viewer sees unstyled fonts turn into styled ones. In order to fix this issue, FOUT-B-Gone can be a good solution. It [...]
