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Archive for the ‘Web Design and Development’ Category

Font Friday: Cutting Corners

12.12.2008 · Posted in Web Design and Development

    The Cutting Corners font looks like someone took scissors to make letters out of felt. I love it. I love how the upper and lower case letters have the same relative height. This font would be one of many good for use on children’s products, signs for schools, etc. ...

The Le Moyne Facelift

09.16.2008 · Posted in Web Design and Development

While browsing around other college web sites, searching for inspiration, I saw that Le Moyne College has launched a new web design. They went with a fluid rather than a fixed layout, which is a design choice I’ve never made. Combined with Le Moyne’s alumni site and new athletics site, they’ve implemented a rather solid web presence. By making the ...

Educause Survey of College Home Page Content Brings out the Geek in All of Us

09.15.2008 · Posted in Social Media, Web Design and Development

Educause’s compilation of college web page content from a technical perspective is a fascinating and revealing way of looking at how colleges develop their most public interface with their publics: the home page. The data available to mine from this – in terms of what is working for other colleges, and what technologies are being ignored – ...

Font Friday: Silkscreen

07.27.2008 · Posted in Design, News, Web Design and Development

This utilitarian font comes from the esteemed Jason Kottke. It’s great for web buttons and graphics where you’re looking for something clean and techy. It’s only available as uppercase letters. I admire this font for its simplicity and pixellated goodness. ...