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CSS is powerful when placed in the right hands. Isn’t it?
Nevertheless, it has a long way to go before web designers and developers have the freedom of expression that print designers have.
One of the greatest limitations surrounds typography.
Although progress is being made, we’re still nowhere near achieving the freedom the print designer has.
Having said that, […]

I would imagine most of you have come across sIFR at some stage. If you don’t know what it is, in brief,
“sIFR lets you use your favourite font on your websites by cleverly working with Flash, JavaScript and CSS.”
It tends to gain a lot of love/hate attention, but since the release of v3, I tend […]

As much as design may be considered subjective, there are more ‘rules’ than you might realise.
The primary objective of type, for example, is not to look pretty, but to convey information. There are times however, when this rule isn’t adhered to as it ought to be, and type becomes more of a detail or texture, […]

No designer likes to be hindered, either by their own inability, or by something outside of their control. Part of the beauty of self crafted design, is the freedom.
Since I’ve given myself more to design, the importance of good typography on the web becomes ever more real and apparent. Of course, one must be careful […]