Pages Tagged “Typography”
Tech Tips
- Using Unicode Half-Stars Symbols in Ratings Filled and outlined stars have been in Unicode forever. Half-stars have been available since Unicode 11 (2018), but font support is still spotty. Fortunately you can embed a font on your website that does support the symbols and rate something four and a half stars.
Blog Posts
- Is the ransom note look obsolete?
I remember countless mystery movies, TV shows, comics and stories where a kidnapper or other extortionist of some sort sent a ransom note using letters or words cut from multiple newspapers and magazines to defeat handwriting analysis and prevent matching the quirks of individual typewriters.
- Taking the Web Beyond the Typewriter
Over the last year or so, WordPress and A List Apart have converted me from ‘stick with the lowest common denominator’ to ‘let’s show real typography.’