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by #MicahRich & The League of Moveable Type
Sabrina Carpenter: Fonts #Maketypework
CSS 2025 #Chrome
Make a Studio #Itsnicethat
Ụdị Foundry - African Type #Typeelectives
Accessibility Authentication #Smashingmagazine
#TheLeagueOfMoveableType #typography
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Hacker News Jun 17, 2025

What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting into ARIA

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what-i-wish-someone-told-me-aria/

#HackerNews #ARIA #Accessibility #WebDevelopment #Tips #SmashingMagazine

What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA — Smashing Magazine

[Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/) is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning about ARIA at some point.

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Hacker News Mar 17, 2025

Take a New Look at CSS Shapes (2018)

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/09/css-shapes/

#HackerNews #CSSShapes #CSSDesign #WebDevelopment #SmashingMagazine #2018Trends

Take A New Look At CSS Shapes — Smashing Magazine

This week, CSS Shapes ships in a production version of Firefox with the release of Firefox 62 — along with a very nice addition to the Firefox DevTools to help us work with Shapes. In this article, Rachel Andrew will take a closer look at CSS Shapes and how to create non-rectangular shapes using images, gradients, and basic shapes. We also discover how the new tools in Firefox make editing shapes easier.

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Creativerly Jul 19, 2023

Creativerly 230 is out featuring

Tools: #Minutes, #Finbar by #RoeyBiran, and news and updates by #ShinyFrog and @obsidian.

Articles: #AnneLaureLeCunff (#NessLabs), #MorganHousel, #VitalyFriedman (#SmashingMagazine), #JuliaEvans

Thank you #DesignTechSIA for sponsoring this issue 🚀

Read it here: https://creativerly.com/meetings-made-for-remote-teams/

Meetings made for remote teams & Some blogging myths

Why single-purpose apps are fun, the supercharged menu bar search, Obsidian Importer, and a lot more in this week's issue of Creativerly.

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Creativerly Jul 13, 2023

Creativerly 229 is out featuring

Tools: #Paste (v4.0 released), #LiveSurface, and updates and news from #Anytype, #Folk, #Bear by #ShinyFrog, and #Proton.

Articles: #LawrenceYeo (#MoreToThat), #AnneLaureCunff (#NessLabs), #EvanArmstrong (#Every), and #VitalyFriedman (#SmashingMagazine)

Read the whole issue here: https://creativerly.com/the-clipboard-as-it-should-be/

The clipboard as it should be & The problem of what others think

Threads by Meta - the new privacy nightmare, a powerful mockup editor, Bear 2 is coming, Proton Pass is available, and a lot more in this week's issue of Creativerly.

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Creativerly Jun 28, 2023

Creativerly 227 is out now, featuring

Tools: #Trickle, #Noor, and news + updates from #Figma (Variables, Dev Mode, Advanced Prototyping 🤯), #Current (launching v1.0), and #Campsite (introducing Free Plan).

Articles: #MarioGabriele (#TheGeneralist), #PaulBoag (#SmashingMagazine), #TheSweetSetup, #Farnam Street

Read the whole issue here: https://creativerly.com/design-under-constraints/

Design under Constraints & Build together

The AI-driven workspace, a new Slack competitor, Figma Config, an interview with Scott Belsky, and a lot more in this week's issue of Creativerly.

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ChrH May 27, 2023

Alles was wichtig ist für ein gutes #design #handoff an den #developer -- hier im #SmashingMagazine Artikel zusammengefasst -- am Beispiel von #figma

https://smashingmagazine.com/2023/05/designing-better-design-handoff-file-figma/
#bestpratices #web #ui #inspect #code

Designing A Better Design Handoff File In Figma — Smashing Magazine

This article provides practical tips for improving the handoff process between design and development in product development. The guidance covers effective communication, documentation, design details, version control, and plugin usage.

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Chris Taylor Apr 14, 2023

Heather Burns (WebDevLaw on Twitter) isn't on Mastodon, but for anyone working on or anywhere near the #web, her book on #privacy is required reading. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/printed-books/understanding-privacy/

#SmashingMagazine #UnderstandingPrivacy #WebDevelopment

Quality Printed Books on Front-End, Design, UX, Accessibility — Smashing Magazine

Privacy is a scary topic? It doesn’t have to be. Our new book Understanding Privacy helps you understand what data privacy is really about beyond scary headlines. It is an introduction to the beliefs, concepts, and ideas that inform privacy as it exists — or has failed to exist — on the open web that we build. Whether you’re a designer, developer, or project manager, this book will equip you with the knowledge you need to put your users first in everything you do and build a better web for tomorrow. Jump to table of contents. 288 pages. High quality hardcover. Written by Heather Burns.

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Lukas Oppermann Mar 31, 2023

#Fonts can make or break your #design. It's hard to find a great one with all the options out there. Luckily #smashingmagazine has done this work for you:

Check out their list of some great fonts for #ui design: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/03/free-fonts-interface-designers/

Free Fonts For Interface Designers — Smashing Magazine

Just a few beautiful, well-crafted fonts for headings and body text that you probably haven’t spotted before. Free for personal and commercial use. Enjoy!

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