Layouts: Every Layout
Figma is using dark patterns to charge you more.
Are you being tricked and overcharged by them too?
Stop Using the Old “Clearfix” · Jens Oliver Meiert
I had thought the old method of clearing through .clearfix:after { clear: both; content: ''; } long dead, but then I spotted it quite alive and even being taught to developers.
3 Tactics for better designer-developer collaboration
There’s a common misconception that a designer’s work is done when all screens have been designed. When it happens, only half of the work…
Text-overflow: ellipsis considered harmful
Releasing Color.js: A library that takes color seriously – Lea Verou
Designing the perfect button
Everything you need to know about what makes a button great.
Bunny Fonts
… an open-source, privacy-first web font platform designed to put privacy back into the internet.
With a zero-tracking and no-logging policy, Bunny Fonts helps you stay fully GDPR compliant and puts your user's personal data into their own hands.
Monika Gause on Twitter
5 of the #illustrator text tools are redundant. Watch my video and save mouse kilometers (or miles)https://t.co/8GAUwlAIKF#tutorial #howto #text pic.twitter.com/QOIq1PV3oc— Monika Gause (@Vektorgarten) June 28, 2022
Monika Gause on Twitter
Wie Ihr in #Illustrator die Schwellen von Eisenbahnschienen so zeichnen könnt, dass sie nicht verzerrt werden (und das Ganze trotzdem effizient über die Bühne geht) https://t.co/ViDh9jLsB5 #tutorial #plan #aufsicht— Monika Gause (@Vektorgarten) June 28, 2022
Animated spinner in Adobe XD
Style Queries
Exploring when and how you would use style queries in your day-to-day work. | on Una Kravets' Blog
Jeremy Keith | In And Out Of Style | CSS Day 2022
It’s an exciting time for CSS! It feels like new features are being added every day. And yet, through it all, CSS has managed to remain an accessible language for anyone making websites. Is this an inevitable part of the design of CSS? Or has CSS been formed by chance? Let’s take a look at the history—and some alternative histories—of the World Wide Web to better understand where we are today. And then, let’s cast our gaze to the future!
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What is the CSS ‘ch’ Unit?
Line Lengths and CSS Length Units
CSS Color Names Chart
Full list of the official named colors from the CSS specification.
Intranet & Enterprise Design: Study Guide
Designing an intranet requires skills in UX design and research, service design, content strategy, IA, or working with stakeholders. This article compiles our resources to help anyone designing a new intranet or sprucing up an old one.
A Product Design Process for the Real World
Declarative design systems
Is your design system really a system …or is it more like a collection of components?
All the user-facing states
Ethical Design Network
A few relevant analogies, important references to inspirational figures, and the case made for refusing to wait a minute longer.
Ethical Design Resources
The Case for Design Engineers
Material Icons: Sehee Lee
An interview with Senior Visual Designer leading icons and design systems for Google Fonts, Sehee Lee
Human Interface Guidelines
The HIG contains guidance and best practices that can help you design a great experience for any Apple platform.
The surprising psychology of fonts
How typefaces impact emotions remains largely unstudied, but a new report suggests that different fonts can elicit different emotions.
The Dos and Don’ts of Pairing Typefaces
When choosing typography to use in designs, narrow down your options by understanding the most common classifications, looking for typefaces with multiple variations and distinct characters, and pairing typefaces together with consistency and readability in mind.
Mobile-First CSS: Is It Time for a Rethink?
Is mobile-first CSS always the best option? Patrick Clancey explores the pros and cons of the classic methodology, as well as when other solutions might work better.
“The Folly of Design System “Foundations”,” an article from SuperFriendly
The idea of “foundations” is one of the biggest threats to creating a design system people use
Dan Mall on Twitter
Following up on my #designsystem hot take from last week, I wrote down some thoughts about the folly of chasing the idea of “foundations:” https://t.co/HU7YFRRqDs— Dan Mall (@danmall) June 13, 2022