Posts tagged css
CSS3 Generator
Handy tool that spits out the syntax and associated vendor-prefixed CSS3 for properties like border-radius, box-shadow, multi-column layout and more. Especially helpful are the supported browsers icons with pop-up version numbers for each property.
Font metrics and vertical space in CSS
Tim Brown from Typekit explains the complexities of visible and invisible vertical space between characters when typesetting with CSS.
“We ought to praise vendors for using prefixes, and indeed encourage them to continue. Beyond that, I hold that prefixes should become a central part of the CSS standardization process. I do this not for the love of repetition, but out of a desire to see CSS evolve consistently. I believe that prefixes can actually accelerate the advancement and refinement of CSS.”
— Eric Meyer on Prefix or Posthack
Louis Harboe has recreated 11 iOS icons using nothing but CSS. Incredibly impressive.

CSS3 For Web Designers paperback + ebook A Book Apart
Handcrafted CSS book + DVD New Riders
Bulletproof Web Design second edition New Riders
Web Standards Solutions special edition Friends of Ed
Outbrain logo design + HTML/CSS
Wikirank logo + UI design