I took a couple of minutes to actually surf the web instead of doomscroll and learned that ancient Filipino writing systems have had digital typefaces for both PC and Mac in the nineties.
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Art from interface
You know how you debug some CSS by putting borders / outlines / backgrounds on your elements?
Finding Filipino-ness in Fonts
Compiling Symbolic Cheat Sheets of CSS Specificity
Reading books online
Last Updated: June 11, 2019 I appreciate and admire that these authors put their books on the web for free. By free books, I don’t just mean files you can download, or excerpts on fancy landing pages. They are the actual text formatted as beautiful, functional webpages—redefining our idea of what a book is, and what it means to have free access to the wisdom that comes from it.Â
Design & other dirty words
I’ve been increasingly bothered by the characterization of design lately, which goes a little something like this:
Choice check
TL;DR: Do people tend to design interfaces with checkboxes even if the behavior actually requires radio buttons, because people are more familiar with check marks? This seems to be a case that pits web standards & usability vs. aesthetics & user experience, which is not a good place to be in. Ever since the first edition of Inside Macintosh in 1984, the rule has been the same for when to […]
Single-serving, meme-tracking tumblelogs for designers
(In before the end of March, Ideas of. I guess this is about another blogging microtrend, and how I link dump.) Even if you have a Y SO SRS blog that happens to be on Tumblr because it’s much easier to maintain, you’re probably aware of its reputation of being all about the fun. That is, memes, fandom, GIFs, art, and all the derp in between. For designers, the derp […]
Infographic Interviews, Bill Gates edition
It’s already ultra-cool of The Verge to have Bill Gates taking over as guest editor this February, but besides the much-awaited interview feature, he’s narrating how he envisions technology will solve problems in developing countries by 2030—accompanied by animated infographics. Here’s his take on mobile banking helping the poor: And, animations like this one are interspersed in both the article and video: I’ve seen a few comments saying the animations […]
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