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If you’re a regular reader here at CSS-Tricks, chances are good that you’re familiar with using web fonts. You may even know a few useful tricks to control how fonts load, but have you used the CSS font-display property? The font-display property in CSS is newly available in Blink-based browser. It gives us the same […]
I want to help you make your design education as good as it can possibly be. This article is for everyone who’s ever said “I wish I’d learned that in school.” And while it’s certainly not exhaustive, I’ve compiled a few things that you should make sure you’re learning in school.
ShiftJS is an open source Swift to JavaScript transpiler written in JavaScript. The project is in active early development.
Technically a pattern library is a simple collection of UI components, but in order for design system users do their best work, a pattern library should also present other important info. Let’s take a look at what information can be displayed alongside each pattern
Microinteraction is one of the key things to care about in UI/UX design. They are, perhaps, the best proof that attention to small details is able to give big and powerful result. Most books and articles on UX/UI design are moving round one basic message: what you finally get when the design process is finished […]
When building interfaces, it is important to also consider those who can only use a keyboard to use your products. This is a basic accessibility need, and in most cases it isn’t hard to allow for a basic keyboard access. It means first and foremost using keyboard accessible elements for interaction: anchors with a valid […]
In the last year or so, I took on a project to learn the intricacies of SVG, more specifically SVG paths and hand-coding them. I was inspired by the idea when I saw Brent Jackson’s Geomicons, a minimal iconset built from the ground up for performance.
Many people want to catch up on the news and stay informed, but these aren’t the only reasons people consume news. They also search for news in moments of crisis, times of anxiety and urgent situations. As a digital product designer for news organizations, I’ve often focused on user experience and visuals — and not enough on […]