How to optimize for legibility using text-rendering
The most frustrating aspect of web design for designers trained for print, is the persistent lack of typographic control. Careful…
How to move from Illustrator to Photoshop without rasterizing (the easy way)
I’ve always had trouble getting large groups of shapes from Illustrator over to Photoshop without rasterizing them all in the…
Our favorite tweets of the week: April 29, 2013 – May 5, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #181
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
WDD acquires CodeVisually.com
I’m thrilled to officially announce that CodeVisually.com has been recently acquired by Webdesigner Depot and is now part of our…
Kandinsky style type
Lovers of abstract art are undoubtedly familiar with the superlative Wassily Kandinsky — the Russian-born painter, printmaker, and theorist who…
iOS vs Android
It’s billed as the battle of the century, at least as far as app developers are concerned; which has better…
Deal of the week: Beautiful Solomon font family
It’s rare that you find a typeface with both legibility and character; the latter often obscures the former. So you’d…
The perils of A/B testing
There’s an expression in advertising that goes “I know that 80% of my advertising isn’t working. I just don’t know…
Defensive HTML and CSS
When it comes to rendering on somebody else’s DOM, you can’t naively write HTML and CSS like you might for…
How to use local storage for JavaScript
Creating an to-do app is usually the first application you learn how to build in JavaScript but the problem with…
How to use HTML5 audio (part 2)
This is part two of the HTML5 audio introduction video; if you haven’t watched it already, I recommend checking out…
Mesmerizing minimalist fractals
They say you can’t create fine art using fractal algorithms; but Finland-based digital artist Jukka Korhonen has set out to…
Our favorite tweets of the week: April 22, 2013 – April 28, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #180
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
How to launch a startup
We all know that there are a few differences between small businesses and larger corporations, especially when they begin considering…
Flat design sites that work
Whilst the term “flat design” might not be a phrase you’re yet familiar with, you will definitely have noticed the…
Facebook redesign
The long, painful and drawn-out death of skeuomorphic design lurched forward another step this week with a redesign by the…