Author: Ben Wood

  • introduction to typography

    I learned two things from finding this guide on the Microsoft site: 1.) Someone at Microsoft actually knows something about typography. 2.) That person also has a sense of humor. 3.)That person also seems to be English, as you’ll see in the first paragraph. It’s titled “A DISAGREEABLY FACETIOUS TYPE GLOSSARY” but is actually the…

  • A trove of CSS tutorials

    I’ll be mining this site in the days to come for list styling options, the float property and more. Great to know all the options I have for some of these CSS features.

  • CSS Drop Shadows

    ALA article by Sergio Villarreal details how to create drop shadows that expand to fit block-level elements. Haven’t tried it yet, but this looks like a valid trick for the CSS designer’s arsenal.