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- One Weird Trick to Baseline-Align Text | Web Platform Team Blog blogs.adobe.com
- Thomas Byttebier - The best icon is a text label thomasbyttebier.be
From Brett Terpstra (nvAlt developer) and contributors.
- Sublime Text: The text editor you'll fall in love with sublimetext.com
Although maybe just switching to vim would be better.
- Pandoc johnmacfarlane.net
A program for converting between various markup formats. Input formats include markdown, reStructuredText, HTML, and LaTeX; output formats include HTML, LaTeX, ConTeXt, S5, DocBook, groff man, reStructuredText, markdown, and RTF.
Via paul.irish.
- Gregable.: Why you should know just a little Awk gregable.com
Knowing 10% of awk's already small syntax, which you can pick up in just a few minutes, will dramatically increase your ability to quickly manipulate data in text files.
- Unexpected text zoom while using Firefox for OS X machineware.com
Damn you, Firefox Web Developer toolbar! </fistshake>
I’m being cyberstalked by a paranoid existentialist chalkboard.
A simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading.
- we are all screen readers now (tecznotes) mike.teczno.com
At some point during the dot-com bust it turned out that the written word was the payload, and regular people started using alternative browsing devices to access text from the web. Arguments about device-independent, semantic markup and graceful degradation suddenly have an additional halo of legitimacy because they affect everyone.
- Writing Microcopy - Bokardo bokardo.com
The fastest way to improve your interface is to improve your copy-writing.
Via smitchio.
Click on a flavor, and watch as it generates a serving of fake information right before your eyes. Use it as filler copy, in your book report, or whisper it to your special someone.
Via flippers.
- IE 8 still does not resize text sized in pixels | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
"Yes, there is full page zoom (which works much better in IE 8 than in IE 7), but the controls for resizing text only are still there, and they still do not work when pixels or an absolute unit has been used." Still? Doh.
- Home - cufon - GitHub wiki.github.com
A possible sIFR alternative. "Fast text replacement with canvas and VML - no Flash or images required."
"Why we advise against using justified text, with some links to useful background information on this issue." Amazing how many account/pm/client types ask for justified text.
- EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing etherpad.com
Web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time. When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen.
- A List Apart: Articles: How to Size Text in CSS alistapart.com
Web Safe Typography on Screen for Pixel Perfectionists
- Literature and Latte - Scrivener literatureandlatte.com
A project management tool for writers. It won't try to tell you how to write - it just makes all the tools you have scattered around your desk available in one application.
"Web pages often contain links like "Click here" or just "here". This document explains why such usage is bad practice, especially for accessibility reasons."
- IE 7 does not resize text sized in pixels | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
It partly compensates for that by allowing the user to scale/zoom the entire page, including images (which quickly leads to massive horizontal scrolling because of its bad implementation).
For Word to work correctly, however, there are several Golden Rules you need to followed.
"A font for programming must be monospaced, extremely readable, and must sharply distinguish between similar characters, such as capital O and zero and the number 1, capital I, and lowercase L. In addition, good programming fonts allow you to view more li
- Collaborative writing software online with Writeboard. Write, share, revise, compare. writeboard.com
Collaborative writing software online with Writeboard. Write, share, revise, compare.
#collaboration #writing #web #software #37signals #wiki #ajax#writeboard #design #free #online #productivity #business #internet #text#groupware - sane css typography thenoodleincident.com
A creative project run by four russian type designers. Day by day, they create original typefaces and post their results along with routine.
A customizable WordPad for Smartphone.
- Daring Fireball: Markdown daringfireball.net
A text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers.