#98 - Minimalism

Hey everyone,

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

Thought provoking #

Joshua Becker on The ABC’s of Minimalism.

How to be great? Just be good, repeatably from Steph Smith.

Design and Code #

Andy Bell and Haydon Pickering’s new project Every Layout teaches you how to approach common layout problems in CSS and create consistent, robust design systems – without all the hacks.

1% today is better than 50% tomorrow or some distant and impossible far-flung future. Robin Rendle in 1% Better.

Publishing simple books with Jekyll from Bradly Taunt.

Typography #

5 keys to accessible web typography. Matej Latin with another great article, this time on the best techniques for solving common accessibility issues in type.

Drop caps and design systems. Ethan Marcotte shares an interesting and informative piece about what his team learnt when dealing with the problem of rendering drop caps consistently across browsers.

Fontsmith and VBAT create the world’s first variable font logo from Phil Garnham.

Something to watch #

Simone Giertz turned her Tesla into a pickup truck.


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