Design

What makes a script font really neat, is when it has a bunch of alternative glyphs for different positions, and the right OpenType features to trigger them. Find out how to do it right in this tutorial.

You are designing a handwritten font with loads of alternates for each letter? This tutorial is for you. I hope you appreciate Swedish pop music.

You want to substitute glyphs, but only under certain circumstances? Contextual substitutions are the way to go.

No modern font is complete without them, and Glyphs helps you build them. In this first installment about OpenType features, we’ll explore the very basics and what Glyphs can automate for you.

Adobe provides a great way to quickly test your fonts. Here’s how.

Swatchos are a box of 130 colour swatch cards to help you choose and work with colours. They're suitable for graphic designers, illustrators, artists, interior designers and other creatives. The cards use both CMYK and RGB colours so no subscription is required unlike some brands. Delivery is available worldwide.

Hex values of all 2310 Pantone colors

I make art and design, obsess over film and music, hoard trivial archival data, and share it all on this here website. Enjoy your stay.

"You probably know the drill: 2 days, 1 single track, 12 speakers. The conference will start around 9:30 am and we’ll finish around 5 pm on the second conference day."

SmashingConf Freiburg Online

Vito is a platform for running community-first online events.

Accessibility isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the law. Here’s how the law applies to digital products, in plain English.

Attached: 3 images @siracusa @marioguzman It’s like the design was a collab and one designer was in camera perspective — the other in orthographic… and both hit render at the same time to create a mashup 🫠 Not sure how the holes along the bottom were decided though.🤷‍♂️ I rendered this out — needs more finessing/detail — but at least it looks like it is following some common vanishing points again.

I can’t actually assert the Accesstive overlay will result in a lawsuit, though there is a trend of overlays attracting lawsuits. Attorneys say overlays don’t protect from lawsuits, either. Regardless of the company making it, if you wonder if you should use an accessibility overlay, the answer is no. Accesstive’s…

… common pages you can add to your website, usually with a standard, root-level slug like /now, /about, or /uses. They tend to describe the individual behind the site and are distinguishing characteristics of the IndieWeb.

S. Fischer Verlage

A small project debunking common accessibility myths.

Pantone color libraries as .acb files downloaded with Pantone Color Manager - AZ-597/PANTONE-ColorLibraries

FREETONE by Stuart Semple contains 1280 colours including digital versions of his Pinkest Pink, Incredibly Kelinish Blue, Black 3.0 and TIFF. A SIMPLE & TOTALLY FREE COLOUR PALETTE PLUGIN FOR ADOBE That unlocks a whole books worth of very Pantone-ish colours. 1280 Liberated colours are extremely Pantoneish and reminiscent of those found in the most iconic colour book of all time. In fact it's been argued that they are indistinguishable from those behind the Adobe paywall.

To use this guide, you don’t need to know anything about web design, development, or content creation. By the time you finish, you’ll be able to essentially spot the difference between real expertise and empty promises.

Barrierefreiheit ist unverzichtbar - auch in der digitalen Welt. Sie ermöglicht es Menschen mit unte...

Create backlit text with a few easy steps in Adobe Illustrator using 3D. 🚨PSA🚨save your work before attempting!! This is heavy on RAM!

A typography/design tool. Type in some words and they instantly display in the typefaces you have installed. Compare your fonts to make sure you choose the right one.

Today's random science thing: the most visible color in the spectrum is a yellowish-green at the 555 nm (nanometer) wavelength. That's because it's the wavelength that most stimulates the greatest number of cones in your eyes. If you're curious, this is what it looks like:

As anyone who has ever seen anything I have created knows: I am not a designer. So take my reasoning and thinking here with a grain of salt. I do have many designers amongst my friends and I do think that a lot of software engineering falls within the domain of design to a certain […]

Today's random science thing: the most visible color in the spectrum is a yellowish-green at the 555 nm (nanometer) wavelength. That's because it's the wavelength that most stimulates the greatest number of cones in your eyes. If you're curious, this is what it looks like:

Analysis of a bloated and impossible job advert for accessibility.

Static website generators are outstanding tools that allow you to create a quick website in no time, without the need to worry about database setup or even complex server configuration. Static Gallery Generators are basically the same thing, with a little twist, It aids photographers to create a creative, interactive