Amsterdam Kerning

Today, in September 2012, the middle section of the roof is still missing, so all we can see is AM…RDAM. Being worrisome by nature, we typographers can’t help expressing some concerns: did the architects and roofers calculate everything exactly right? Will the missing letters fit into the remaining space? And did the roofers adhere to …

HTTP 7XX Status Codes — Developer Errors

There is a gap in the current HTTP specification: There are many ways for a developer to screw up their implementation, but no code to share the nature of the error with the end user. We humbly suggest the following status codes are included in the HTTP spec in the 7XX range. RFC for the …

PNGStore – Embedding compressed CSS & JavaScript in PNGs

In the same series as the previously posted Suncalc 3D I’ve stumbled upon AirStrike, a JavaScript Flight Control clone that weighs less than 10kB (!). What’s so clever about this app is that the source is encoded into a .png, a technique that’s been around for quite a while as it turns out (2008!). Pretty …

Fontello – iconic fonts scissors

This tool lets you combine iconic webfonts for your own project. With fontello you can: shrink glyph collections, minimizing font size merge symbols from several fonts into a single file access large sets of professional-grade open source icons First, select the icons you like. Then update glyph codes (optional), and download your webfont bundle. Source …