Silo

A repository of excerpts, examinations and experiments, iterated arbitrarily in keeping with the diabolical alliteration of this sentence. Some refer to log entries, which they support. Others stand alone in glorious solitude.

  1. Typography

    1. Font naming conventions
    2. Ligatures test suite
    3. Rendering test for display sizes
    4. @font-face test with Fontin Regular by Jos Buivenga
    5. 12 examples of paragraph typography
    6. Core web fonts test suite
    7. Spaces test suite

  2. CSS

    1. Complex type rendering test
    2. Elastic layout example
    3. Pixels to ems conversion table for CSS

  3. HTML

    1. HTML <button> test
    2. Placeholder markup with lorem ipsum

  4. Microformats

    1. Plain old semantic HTML badge

  5. PHP

    1. Discovering PHP versions and modules with phpinfo()

  6. Created Elsewhere

    1. Free WiFi Places in Bristol (Google Map)
Type tree with words forming the branches.

Lately in the Log

  1. We, Who Are Web Designers — Mon, 19th Sep 2011 {55}

    In 2003, my wife Lowri and I went to a christening party. We were friends…

  2. Ampersand, the Aftermath — Wed, 22nd Jun 2011 {1}

    The first Ampersand web typography conference took place in Brighton last…

  3. Design Festival, The Setup, and Upcoming Posts — Mon, 20th Jun 2011 {0}

    Wow, this has been a busy period. I’m just back from the Ampersand…

  4. Web Design as Narrative Architecture — Wed, 30th Mar 2011 {9}

    Stories are everywhere. When they don’t exist we make up the…

  5. Ides of March — Tue, 15th Mar 2011 {4}

    My friend and colleague, Chris, has shared a spiffing idea, the Ideas of…

  6. 2010 in Retrospect — Wed, 29th Dec 2010 {7}

    Analog, Mapalong, more tries at trans-Atlantic sleep, Cuba, Fontdeck, and…

Remarks from the log

  1. By Nin Armangué Braun in We, Who Are Web Designers:

    This work is about research. It is like being a scientist and being asked about what you’ve discovered. You can…

  2. By Mustafiz Rana in The Paragraph in Web Typography & Design:

    Paragraphs and puntuation are discussed in great detail.Thanks for this useful read.

  3. By Ben Peachey in We, Who Are Web Designers:

    I usually go with “I’m a Kick-Ass Web Developer”. I even have it on my linkedin profile. Having…

  4. By Tom Cooney in We, Who Are Web Designers:

    I work freelance from a small home studio in the middle of rural France. You should see the looks I get when I say…

  5. By Chris Jokinen in We, Who Are Web Designers:

    My common response to the, “What do you do”, question has been: I’m a web-based programmer with a…

  6. By Jack in We, Who Are Web Designers:

    My god but did I need to read this. I just nearly heard dramatic music fading in, in the background too. Yeah, the…

People and XFN

Analog folks:

  1. Alan Colville

  2. Andrei Zmievski

  3. Chris Shiflett

  4. Jon Gibbins

Friends, colleagues, and authors with interesting voices:

  1. Ben Ramsey

  2. Dan Mall

  3. Denna Jones

  4. Ed Finkler

  5. Elizabeth Naramore

  6. Elliot Jay Stocks

  7. John D. Boardley

  8. Helgi Þormar Þorbjörnsson

  9. Joe Leech

  10. Jos Buivenga

  11. Kester Limb

  12. Nicola Pressi

  13. Patrick H. Lauke

  14. Piotr Fedorczyk

  15. Richard Rutter

  16. Rick Hurst

  17. Sean Coates

  18. Simon Pascal Klein

  19. Terry Chay

Work with me via ~ Analog ~ a creative consortium.