Good-Looking Shapes Gallery

Layouts where content hugs the boundaries of illustrations are common in print and rare on the web. One of the reasons non-rectangular contour-hugging layouts are uncommon on the web is that they are difficult to produce. They are not difficult to produce anymore. And once again I have a flashback to (the now offline) The …

Creating Non-Rectangular Layouts with CSS Shapes

With the introduction of CSS Shapes into the web, wrapping content in custom non-rectangular shapes, and recreating print designs and layouts on the web becomes a piece of cake! In this article we’re going to go over the basics of declaring shapes, and creating some simple layouts using these new CSS technologies. Creating Non-Rectangular Layouts …