Tag Archives: web fonts

An Iterative Redesign Versus The Flick Of A Switch

by Art Thompson, Jr.   |   July 18, 2012

The “Plusification” of Google’s various products is evident in the subtle user interface tweaks that get rolled out without any fanfare such as this little tweak to the contact info dropdown, which appears when you hover your cursor over a … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations   |   Tagged: , , , ,   |   Leave a comment

5 More Free Web-Based Design and Development Tools I Actually Use

by Art Thompson, Jr.   |   July 4, 2012

We’ve just about come up on a year since my first free web-based design and development tools round-up, so it’s high time for a refresh/reload. The tools listed below (in no particular order) are freely available to anyone with a web browsers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Technicalities   |   Tagged: , , , , ,   |   Leave a comment

An Unnecessary (Web Design) Manifesto

by Art Thompson, Jr.   |   May 29, 2012

We all design and redesign in public, but the public rarely cares unless we’re Jeffrey Zeldman. His recent redesign of zeldman.com would not have garnered as earth-shattering a response if it were done by anyone else. And, response received, Mr. … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations   |   Tagged: , , , ,   |   Leave a comment

5 Free Web-Based Design and Development Tools I Actually Use

by Art Thompson, Jr.   |   August 18, 2011

We web folks are using web-based design and development tools within our workflow more and more each day. Working in this often challenging and dynamic environment is frequently made easier by the kindness of strangers in the form of freely-available tools and … Continue reading →

Posted in Technicalities   |   Tagged: , , , , , , , ,   |   Leave a comment

Gotham-Light Ain’t a Web Font

by Art Thompson, Jr.   |   May 24, 2011

Here’s something peculiar I came across recently: On the left is what I saw in Chrome and on the right is what I saw in Chrome after I’d deleted ‘Gotham-Light’ from the beginning of that page’s <body> font stack within … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Technicalities   |   Tagged: , ,   |   4 Comments