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31st March 2005

Donald Pittenger on Illustration

“I’ve enjoyed looking at well-executed pictures since childhood. But I’m surprised I didn’t curb this early enthusiasm, especially as a youth. You see, youth is when one is most susceptible to subtle pressures in the form of High Culture expectations regarding Proper Art Consumption…”

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31st March 2005

Creating pure CSS buttons

“You’ve probably seen those small buttons that are linking to RSS feeds, the Xhtml Friends Network, GeoURL, etc. on many blogs and other sites… Usually, these buttons are statical GIF or PNG images. However, in this article you will learn how to create them using the Web standards XHTML and CSS. First of all, you need some markup.”

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31st March 2005

Credit Where Credit Is Due

“The most common question we get: ‘What is the font used for the credits at the bottom of a movie poster?’ The short answer: There is no one particular font used for movie poster credits.”

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