Archive for April, 2009
Most Useful Web Design Cheat Sheets
0Here are 14 incredibly useful Web Design Cheat Sheets, let’s make life easier and things done faster…!
JavaScript Frameworks
Prototype 1.6.0.2 Cheat Sheet
mootools 1.2 cheat sheet
jQuery 1.3 Cheat Sheet
CSS
Mac OS X CSS Cheat Sheet
CSS Cheat Sheet (V2)
CSS CHEAT SHEET
XHTML
HTML/XHTML in one page
(X)HTML Elements and Attributes
Flash
Adobe Flash CS4 OS X Keyboard Shortcuts
Flash CS3 Cheat Sheet
Photoshop
Photoshop Lasso Tool Cheatsheet
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Shortcuts
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Keyboard Shortcuts
Adobe Pen Tool Cheatsheet
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Jquery Tutorials and plugins – Best of:
0Here’s a list of the most amazing Jquery plugins and tutorials, let’s make life easier
Image-Gallery by using z-index
Supersized – Full Screen Background/Slideshow
jQuery Virtual Earth Example (Inline)
Have more? please share your list here!
Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs
0Many people, designers included, think that typography consists of only selecting a typeface, choosing a font size and whether it should be regular or bold. For most people it ends there. But there is much more to achieving good typography and it’s in the details that designers often neglect.
These details give the designer total control, allowing them to create beautiful and consistent typography in their designs. While these details can be applied across different types of media, in this articles we’re going to focus on how to apply them to web design using CSS. Here are 8 simple ways you can use CSS to improve your typography and hence the overall usability of your designs.
Measure
The measure is the length of a line of type. To a reader’s eye, long or short lines can be tiring and distracting. A long measure disrupts the rhythm because More >
Amazing high-quality free fonts downloads for professional designs
0Even though you’ll have to pay for the best fonts, like Helvetica or Univers, the web is full of quality fonts that are perfectly suitable for professional design work. The fonts are classified to make the page easier to scan. –
Sans-serif fonts
1. Miso
2. Quicksand
3. Com4t Fine Regular
4. Alte Haas Grotesk
5. Comfortaa
6. Museo Sans
7. 078MKSD Medium Condensed
8. Mayberry Pro Semi-Bold
9. SpecialK
Semi-Serif fonts
10. Museo Semi-Serif
11. Gauntlet
12. Fertigo Pro
13. Inconsolata
Serif fonts
14. Kontrapunkt
15. Goudy Bookletter 1911
16. Tallys
17. Justus
18. PetitLatin
19. Union
20. Day Roman
21. FF Reminga Bold Italic
22. SlabTallX
23. BitStream Vera
Titles, sketches, other uses…
24. Sketch Rockwell
25. Karabine
26. Analogue vs Digital (Illustrator file)
27. Just Old Fashion
28. Geronto bis
29. IDAutomation (font for barcode creation)
30. Silkscreen
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