Not a typical one, at least. Each character is an HTML element, built with CSS. A true web font! Let me elaborate. This is a way to render text without using any font at all. Random text is split with …
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It sure would be nice to be able to animate the transition between pages if we want to on the web, at least without resorting to hacks or full-blown architecture choices just to achieve it. Some kind of API that …
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Page Laubheimer says that if you’re going to do a sticky header…
Keep it small. Visually contrast it with the rest of the page. If it’s going to move, keep it minimal. (I’d say, respect prefers-reduced-motion.) Consider “partially persistent
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Let’s say someone asks you to add a double border to some random geometric SVG shapes. For some reason, you can’t use any graphic editor — they need to be generated at runtime — so you have to solve it …
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Container queries are finally here! Now available behind a flag in the latest version of Chrome Canary, you can go ahead and experiment to your heart’s content. Oh, and if you’re not familiar with container queries then check out …
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The way we style text hasn’t changed much over the years. There have been numerous advancements to help make things more flexible, like layouts, but in terms of styling, most finite aspects of our designs, like text, remain relatively unchanged. …
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There is no doubt that CSS plays a huge role in web performance. Milica Mihajlija puts a point on exactly why:
When there is CSS available for a page, whether it’s inline or an external stylesheet, the browser delays rendering
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Need to lay out an element to the right or the left, such that text wraps around it? That’s an easy task for the float property. But what about if you also want to push that element (let’s call it …
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When I was working on a project that needed an editor component for source code, I really wanted a way to have that editor highlight the syntax its typed. There are projects like this, like CodeMirror, Ace, and …
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There’s a whole lot of accessibility in this week’s news, from the nuances of using :focus-visible and input placeholders, to accessible typefaces and a Safari bug with :display: contents. Plus, a snippet for a bare-bones web component that supports …
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