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Embedding Fonts for CSS
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Michael
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 5:02 am
Want to get away from ‘Web Safe’ fonts for some attractive headers AND do it without using an image? Use CSS 3 and embed a font-face! @font-face is not strictly speaking ‘CSS3′; it was originally born in CSS 2 and although not appearing in CSS 2.1, CSS 3 is attempting to bring it into the standards.
In order to use a font, we first must call it using the ‘@font-face’ attribute and this must be done for each individual font we wish to use. Although I’m sure you have a few,...
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10 Amazing Paper Made Website Designs
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Michael
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 9:25 am
This are some amazing paper made website that will increase your creative bank. This collection demonstrates the idea that web can incorporate print ideas.So sit back, relax and get ready to check out some amazing paper made website designs. Enjoy this collection!
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10 Great Design for Packages
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Michael
Posted July 5th, 2011 at 8:38 am
Excellent product research is key to any packaging design. Sussing out your competitors, their income, their resources spent and finding out the consumer opinion on these packaging design is essential. Only once you have all of this information at the tips of your fingers, can you let yourself design to your hearts content.
1. Instant Karma
2. Elsa Kawai Jewelery
3. Doritos
4. Temprana
5. Savannah Soap Kitchen
6. Feel It
7. Prism Eyewear
8. Sony Ericsson
9. Pent...
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Weekly Inspiration #16 “Maiden”
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Michael
Posted May 28th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
Maiden is a girl or young unmarried woman. This term is also used for referring to a virgin woman. However, maiden has another meaning is an instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in Scotland for beheading criminals. Rarely a word has two distinctly meaning. This collection will have the interpretation that designer give to the word maiden.
This post is part of our new weekly series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Designer’s Digest’...
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Wallpaper of the Month #1
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Michael
Posted May 31st, 2011 at 5:30 am
This is a new section for Designer's Digest that will be posted monthly. This section will contain an awesome selection of wallpapers that will style your computer, or iPad. If you have any suggestions for future installment, feel free to leave a comment. Enjoy!
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Weekly Inspiration #17 “Black”
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Michael
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 9:45 am
Black is the absence of color. This color is conservative, goes well with almost any color except the very dark. It also has conflicting connotations. It can be serious and conventional. The color black can also be mysterious, sexy, and sophisticated. Some cultures relate black to death, while others relate black to life. Black is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery.
This post is part of our new weekly series of posts showing the most inspiring i...
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10 typefaces for graphic designers
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Michael
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 6:46 am
With the different typefaces on offer, it’s good to have a select few that act as main-stays in your collection. The following 10 typefaces are ones you’ll find many graphic designers using.
#1 Akzidenz Grotesk
Akzidenz Grotesk, the first ever sans-serif typeface to be widely used, was originally released in 1898, by the H. Berthold AG type foundry. At first glance, it can sometimes be mistaken for the Helvetica or Univers typefaces.
#2 Avenir
The name Avenir is French for “fu...
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Freebies #2
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Michael
Posted June 15th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
This week I’m rounding up freebie. This post is featuring vector and Illustrator freebies. This post has great vector icons and more. If you want me to post more freebies, leave a comment in the section below. Enjoy!
#1 Hair Brushes III
#2 Blood Brushes III
#3 HighTech Circles
#4 Life Brushes
#5 100x100 icons 2 brush set
#6 Doodle Brushes
#7 Ecology Icon Set 3
#8 Seamless Vectors - Paisley
#9 Free Retro T-Shirt Vector Design
#10 Vector abstract illustration
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HTML5 Website Showcase #1
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Michael
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 8:27 am
This post is not going to talk about what HTML5 can do, instead it will show live demos of the great things that HTML5 can achieve with other language like JavaScript, so get ready to get inspired.
Note: As HTML5 is not fully supported by certain web browser like Internet Explorer, you’re strongly recommended to use Firefox browser to view all HTML5 demos below.
#1 Audioburst Animation
#2 Ball Pool
#3 Blob Sallad
#4 Bomomo
#5 Browser Ball
#6 Canvas Cartoon Animat...
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jQuery UI CoverFlow 2.0
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Michael
Posted June 28th, 2011 at 7:09 am
The iTunes CoverFlow effect is one of my favorite user-interface patterns – it’s excellent for navigating around large collections of images (or data represented by images) and I thought it would be of great benefit to put out an updated version of this component out there.
If you would like to take a look at a demo or download the sources feel free to grab them below or at the end of this post. You may be surprised to know that there’s been quite a substantial body of work that has go...
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Weekly Inspiration #18 “Light”
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Michael
Posted June 30th, 2011 at 9:00 am
light is the portion of electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, responsible for the sense of sight. Visible light has a wavelength in a range from about 380 or 400 nanometres to about 760 or 780 nm, with a frequency range of about 405 THz to 790 THz. In physics, the term light often comprises the adjacent radiation regions of infrared (at lower frequencies) and ultraviolet (at higher), not visible to the human eye. The term light has been used in spirituality (vi...
