design

I really like these vector based arrows. A little pricey ($29) for the size of the collection but still very nice. I have to admit, that’s a cool domain.

Ironic Sans is an online quiz for people that think they know the difference between Helvetica and Arial. It’s hard to believe that there isn’t a font called “Ironic Sans” that was just made of mustaches and 70’s sunglasses.

Free Elusive Icons for Bootstrap. Since they are font-face fonts, I’m sure they are useful for more than Bootstrap. Gemicon are 600 free and simple icons in various monochrome colors and sizes. PSD and PNG format. Some updates to the Icons and Coffee collection. A lot of free and for-pay icons from Icomoon.

Some very attractive B&W icons for free. The colored versions are only $3. Oh, and licensed for commercial use too.

This article at The Bureau may be one of the best I have read about privacy on the web. It focuses primarily on Facebook but is generally applicable.

Damn, I like David Lanham’s work. Just wonderful.

Apparently the Pantone color 2685C can only be used to sell “chocolate” by Cadbury (Kraft Foods). I call dibs on Pantone 426 for text on a web page. By way of Swiss Miss

I suck at design but I know what I like. I like nice typography. I also like this tutorial by Mark Boulton.

A handy utility to convert a Unicode character into the HTML code. I have no idea why the OS X character viewer doesn’t do this.

Footnotes It’s no secret that I like footnotes. I like footnotes on printed material and in eBooks. But footnotes can be awkward on the web.1 While footnotes are not a new concept, it’s still an active debate as to their value and implementation. I’ve struggled with proper styling of the footnote labels on this site. I want them to be obvious but not distracting. I also want them to look like a footnote mark without screwing up the formatting and reading experience on a large monitor or a mobile device.