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Comparison of Font Replacement Technologies

Designers spend a lot of time picking out the perfect fonts for their designs. When those fonts are replaced with web-safe fonts, it can discourage the designer, because the final website doesn't look as clean or stylish as their initial mockup. It is for these reasons that dynamic font replacement techniques have become so popular. But if you aren't familiar with your options, you may find that you are working with unnecessary restrictions.

Building a foundation

and maybe even a fence for it

Peter Cook | Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 14:44

Believe it or not, I am a homeowner. Yes, I make the typical amount any unpaid intern does, but due to a good budget and two trips to Iraq, I was financially stable enough to buy a house four years ago and saved enough money to keep it during...

CSS Font-Sizes

Best practices for readability and accessibility of your web-fonts.

Ryan Ours | Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 16:35

As a front-end web developer or designer, you may be confused about which unit to use when decalring font-sizes in your CSS. Here I will attempt to explain what each of the possible units means and why one is better than another.

Refresh Indy

Refreshing your mindset

Peter Cook | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 12:28

On the first Wednesday of every month, at 7 pm, the Rock Bottom restaurant in downtown Indianapolis is the spot for some of the best web professional minds in Indy to eat and drink. For two hours, over twenty professionals, whose combined skills...

Caution: IE6 Ahead

Considerations about creating an IE6 compatible website

Aaron Dudenhofer | Friday, February 5, 2010 - 14:04

Many developers and web designers would like to dismiss Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). It requires a lot of time for compatibility issues, and it seems to dismiss many other browser's "best practices". With the introduction to Google Chrome,...

Habits

Breaking out of the comfort zone

Peter Cook | Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 11:31

When getting my oil changed a few days ago, my mechanic noticed a bump on my tire. Being that I just bought these tires a few months ago, I assumed that getting it replaced would be quick and easy. So when I walked into my local tire store on a...