The week in links 08/03/10
The future of CSS typography
Once you get past the horde of adverts (sigh) this article is pretty amazing surmise of what’s going on in the world of CSS based typography. Looking at not just font-face but all the styling you can achieve as well.
How to kill the design community
To be honest I was a little confused as what was happening to begin with, offering tips such as not using your real name, but by the time I was being told that I should be yelling first in the comments section I figured that this was written with just a bit of tongue-in-cheek. Good (reversed) tips.
To sketch or not to sketch?
Well I think the simple answer is yes. I find sketching to be infinitely useful, it’s a great way of quickly throwing your ideas onto the page where you can’t forget them, especially as most my ideas seem to come to me as I’m trying to fall asleep.
Animated shorts at the Academy awards
Loving these short animations, personal favourites include Logorama and Wallace and Gromit (quality British export right there). Be sure to watch them all!
Pure CSS speech bubbles
What more is there to say? Simple, no-image speech bubbles that render in any good browser. Plenty of variations beyond what you see in the thumbnail above. Source file provided for happy modding and use.




