Blog Topic #1 - Dude, This Site is the Coolest!

I just found this site and I love it. It is: http://www.patterncooler.com/index.php
If you would like a patterned background for a website you can create your own....for free!
The mastermind behind this site is Harvey Rayner and all he asks for is a donation and that is up to you!
The beauty of this site is the vast number of creations that can be made from all the color variations, that you create yourself!
Once you get in, there is a whole page of patterns, if you don't like any of those just go to the arrow at the upper left corner and click. There you will find a l-o-n-g list of patterns. triangles, leaves, grass, circles, etc. pick what you want and that will launch the editor. One in the editor you can adjust the colors. You can basically change the total look of one pattern who knows how many times. It's  up to you! You can also show color variations as thumbs. You can preview/ re-size/ and download.

Here is one example:

Here is another:

This is the same pattern. The variations seem endless. This is definitely a cool site.

Blog Topic #5: Web Typography

When you look at the resources listed in Class Blog's, the first link is called: Is "Good Web Typography" no longer an oxymoron? 

In 1988, CSS@ introduced @font-face. The @font-face declaration is a rule that can include a link pointing to a font on any server, which guarantees that font. The browser will support the font if it is placed on top of the stack. For example: Segoe Script, Verdana, sans-serif, with Segoe Script being on top of the stack.

Things have gotten a lot better for web designers as far as font linking or font embedding, which is good for us!

 To turn a font format in one’s browser cache into a working desktop font, two font formats emerged as the adopted standard: Microsoft’s Embedded OpenType (EOT), and Web Open Font Format (WOFF). WOFF seems to be in the lead as the adopted standard for font formatting.

 Another link I really liked was Type Tester. It has a standard paragraph "The quick brown fox....". You can chose the typeface, size, leading, tracking, etc. and it shows you what it will look like in regular, bold and italic! Very cool.