#119 - Expert and beginner
Hey everyone,
Welcome to issue #119, your weekly roundup of what’s happening in design, code and typography.
News #
It’s been a while since I published an article. I had a good year of writing last year but I felt the pressure to replicate that this year. Saying that I managed to hit publish this morning on something that’s been sitting in my drafts folder for a while. This week I will begin with that.
Expert and beginner. A short piece I wrote about learning from others and keeping an open mind.
Thought provoking #
Norwegian banknotes: Original design and main concept. A beautiful case study of the design and visual concept used for the new Norwegian banknotes.
Design and Code #
Using CSS custom properties to reduce the size of your CSS. Sebastiano Guerriero shows how to squash file sizes with some simple abstraction.
State of JavaScript 2019 Take the survey and help figure out the latest trends in the JavaScript ecosystem.
The easiest (and most effective) way to write copy for your landing page from Laura Elizabeth. Gathering together what your existing audience is already saying about (or to) you is the first step in creating content.
Color & Custom Properties - Designing in the Browser. Una Kravets looks at how we can use custom properties to create our own systems of color.
Print to CSS. Dan Davies takes inspiration from magazines and recreate various layouts with CSS Grid.
Cristiano Rastelli on Design Tokens beyond colors, typography, and spacing.
Typography #
Klim Type Foundry launch their new website alongside Söhne, a new release touted as ‘the memory of Akzidenz-Grotesk framed through the reality of Helvetica’. I particularly like the page 26,520 words about letters where you can find the font design information for each of one of their typefaces.
Cameron Chapman shares some Tips and Considerations When Choosing a Typeface.
Factor A by Ilya Naumoff is a versatile sans with wild alternatives.
Something to watch #
”The end point is what you’ve been striving for the whole entire time… and the most dissatisfying part of the journey.”
Coast to Coast is a new short film by Albion, which tells the story of a ride across the north of England. A single continuous ride of nearly 500 kilometres from the east to the west coast, through three of England’s most beautiful national parks.