#95 - Amplify your work

Hey everyone,

Here’s this weeks roundup of what’s new in design, code and typography.

Thought provoking #

It’s hard to overstate how important my blog has been, but if I were to try to distill it down into one word, it would be: “amplifier.” Khoi Vinh on How His Blog Amplified His Work and Career.

Design and Code #

Baking accessibility into components: how frameworks help from Hidde de Vries.

Andy Bell shows us how to Create a split, faux-container layout with CSS Grid and Flexbox.

UX Movement on 5 rules for choosing actionable button labels. What your buttons say is as important as how they look.

Sarah Drasner has created a seriously useful CSS Grid Generator.

Typography #

Therese Fessenden’s Typography Terms Cheat Sheet will help you decode the meaning of common or often mistaken typography terms.

An abstraction called text styles – How to save yourself from a typographic mess from Joonas Salovaara.

Type By re-launches with 14 new releases.

Something to watch #

The Planets. A new BBC series in which Professor Brian Cox explores the 4.5 billion year tale of eight planetary siblings that make up our solar system.