#149 - Connecting the dots
Hey everyone,
Welcome to issue #149, your weekly roundup of what’s happening in design, code and typography.
Thought provoking #
”The small delights and touches, the little a-ha moments, make me STAY. I wander around the site, exploring, learning, feeling actually more connected to each of these humans rather than as if I’m glancing at a PDF of their resume.” In Defense of a Fussy Website from Sarah Drasner.
“Creating with compassion in an environment fueled by compassion means we never lose sight of what it’s all about: people.” Connecting the dots. In this excerpt from Creative Culture, Justin Dauer draws direct connections between an organizations’ true culture and the design work that it does.
Design and Code #
Irregular-shaped Links with Subgrid. What if our link hover effect needs to affect a number of child items, and they don’t all sit neatly inside a rectangle, like a regular card? Michelle Barker has the answers.
When Sass and New CSS Features Collide from Ana Tudor. “The trick here is to remember that Sass is case-sensitive, but CSS isn’t. That means we can write Min(20em, 50vh) and Sass won’t recognize it as its own min() function. No errors will be thrown and it’s still valid CSS that works as intended.“
Fun with Forms is a new project from Michael Scharnagl, where he explores HTML forms. Expect to learn a few new things starting with The form attribute.
Designing beautiful focus states. A short video tutorial by Ethan Marcotte — the fellow who started that whole “responsive design” thing.
Typography #
A Legacy in Letters with Erik Spiekermann. A toast to a master of graphic design and typography on his birthday from publisher gestalten.
Forever Grotesque is a new release from Nouvelle Noire designer Anton Studer which celebrates a desire to keep just a tiny bit of the spirit of the original meaning “Grotesque” alive. Available in 14 styles including a Fat weight.
Certain Magazine’s Top 15 Type-Focused Artists on Type 01.
Something to watch #
The details of UI typography. Loïc Sander and Jiang Jiang from the Apple design team show you how to achieve exceptional typography in your app’s user interface that enhances legibility, accessibility, and consistency.