A fun short article about the philosophy of color.
In sum, our ability to determine whether objects are colored the same or differently and the indispensable roles they play in science suggest that colors are as real and objective as length and temperature.
Breaking down all the color things in CSS. From defining what a color is to defining and differentiating the color spaces now available to use.
FREE FONT FOR VISUALIZING THE URGENCY OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Climate change is a lengthy and abstract phenomenon, and as such difficult to grasp for us humans. We have been wired to react more to the threats we can easily observe. This is why the Nordic’s largest newspaper Helsingin Sanomat created The Climate Crisis Font – an OpenType variable font that helps people see the urgency of climate change in a more tangible form. The font’s weight responds to NSIDC’s (National Snow and Ice Data Center) Arctic sea ice data from 1979 to 2019 and IPCC’s prediction all the way to 2050, showing how the ice is expected to shrink because of climate change based on current forecasts.
I've spent the past twenty years working as a hands-on designer and leader in creative direction, user experience, and product strategy. During that time I've launched businesses, grown global brands, and developed strategic initiatives to help companies adapt to changing landscapes.
My work has won international recognition for its ability to translate complex ideas into compelling experiences. Above all else, I'm driven by design that is memorable, useful, and meaningful.
A fantastic! intro to how Julie Pagano publicly wrote out a reverse job search, breaking down each stage of the job search, and writing a post in the analysis and preparation of such.
I resonated with these few sentences in the introduction:
I ruminated on this. Probably too much. I overthink things. This is part of why I am good at my job. I can tease apart the pieces in a system and think about how they work together.
And how she framed the purpose of the series:
I needed to deconstruct that model and translate it into something explicit that I could write down and share with others. The result is a series of posts that I will be publishing as I go through my current job search.
Test, compare, select and design with over 2800 web fonts from Adobe Edge, Adobe Typekit and Google Fonts. Export your designs as fully responsive HTML and CSS snippets.
Test Font Pairings on Realistic Website Sections
Rapidly test Google Font pairings in the context of commonly used website UI patterns. Experiment with different fonts & color schemes and make better font choice decisions, faster than ever before.
Test your local or remote fonts with the proofing tool developed by a type designer, for type designers. Check out kerning, OpenType features, and language coverage. Explore and animate variation axes in variable fonts.
Really nice color generator that creates a semantic color palette (info, success, warning, error) that go alongside the primary brand color.
Here are the four basic email length best practices you should follow:
- The ideal subject line length is between 28 to 50 characters.
- The ideal preheader text length is between 40 to 100 characters.
- The ideal email copy length is between 50 to 125 words.
- The ideal CTA length is between two to five words.
An email version of the ever-so-useful tool, caniuse.com.