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minifonts

The mini fonts on this site are designed especially for the screen. Like terrazzo tiles in a mosaic, they are designed on a strict grid - exactly the same grid as the pixels on your computer screen.

Each 'tile' has to be a certain fixed size and must butt-up to its neighbor exactly. This means that you can't scale them, they have to be used at their designed sizes, or exact multiples. It also means that you have to work in pixels and not in traditional points.

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March to Your Own Standard

By invalidating my entire site with this one line of code, I ensure that I am made aware the instant it matters. The instant this stuff starts to break anything in the real world, I will know. If I only had a few small errors on a few random pages around my site, I could easily miss the day when "the big switchover" happens and wind up with broken pages I don't know about. And since this code is in the form of a server-side include, I can freely remove it with a few clicks.

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24 JavaScript Best Practices for Beginners

As a follow-up to "30 HTML and CSS Best Practices", this week, we'll review JavaScript! Once you've reviewed the list, be sure to let us know what little tips you've come across!

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First Look: Object Oriented CSS

Get a first look at the future of CSS. Does that future include object-oriented CSS? Read to learn more.

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Easy CSS Compression with PHP and mod_rewrite

One of the most important aspects of having a website is speed. I looked into some CSS compression ideas, but I wanted one script that would read a CSS or a javascript file and automatically strip any white spaces out, and return a more compressed CSS file.

This article shows you how to set up your own solution that works the same way.

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Anonymous Pro: Programming Font with Style

Anonymous Pro would address all of the issues I had with Anonymous while providing a handful of additional improvements and enhancements, like adjusted relevant point size, a slashed-zero that goes the "right way", a unicode-based character set, and more.

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50+ New and Beautiful Free Wordpress Themes

Download over 50 new and beautiful free Wordpress themes.

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Handy Tips for Creating a Print CSS Stylesheet

Print stylesheets often come as a secondary thought on many websites, after all, who prints a webpage anyway? Despite their slightly infrequent use, a print stylesheet can really help polish the printed document for when it is used. It doesn't take too long to create, so let's take a look at some handy tips that you can put into practice on your own site.

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How To Create A Twitter jQuery Plugin

Have you ever wanted to create a jQuery plugin? Or put your Twitter feed on your website? If so this is the tutorial for you. This tutorial will help you build one for your own, and show you the ropes of creating a jQuery plugin.

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Stunning jQuery Animations

With several JavaScript frameworks available, jQuery is quickly becoming a favorite. If you are interested in using jQuery for animated effects, here are stunning examples of jQuery animations

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The Battlefield of Design: Designers vs Clients

Establishing the look and feel of a site can be a point of contention. Web designers often become frustrated because they feel there's a lack of respect for their expertise. Meanwhile, clients grow annoyed when their designer seemingly fails to listen to them.

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