Clagnut summaries

Whatever happened to font-stretch?

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:56:34 PST

The font-stretch property was removed from CSS 2 in the transition to CSS 2.1. Unfortunately this leaves us with a rather gaping hole in overall font support. Read more.

Five minute chocolate mug cake

Fri, 08 May 2009 10:27:41 PST

Something for the weekend, or indeed any other time of the week; a version of this recipe seems to have achieved viral status. I made the recipe last night. It’s incredibly easy and it works a treat. Read more.

But why, some say, the moon?

Fri, 01 May 2009 09:33:47 PST

Returning from speaking at the Web App Summit, we watched the brilliant Frost/Nixon and I was reminded of JFK’s fantastic 1962 Moon speech to Rice University. Read more.

Skillswap went typographic

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:45:19 PST

Back in January I was part of a double bill with Jon Tan, entitled Skillswap goes typographic. It went down really well so I thought I’d better tie it all together here. Read more.

Web Typography panel at SxSW

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:52:02 PST

I’m proud to have been part of the Web Typography panel at SxSW 2009 alongside Jon Tan, Ian Coyle, Elliot Jay Stocks & Samantha Warren. I’ve jotted down some of the topics we discussed, and some we talked about beforehand but didn’t have time for. Read more.

Microformats for business owners

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:10:14 PST

An explanation of the practical benefits that microformats can bring to a business and its customers, written with the business owner in mind. Read more.

A free font success story

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:45:37 PST

A free font has made it into MyFonts’s top ten list of best selling typefaces. There’s a lesson there somewhere. Read more.

Just how bad is the iPhone camera?

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:28:22 PST

One of the main complaints aimed towards the iPhone is that camera is deemed to be a bit crap. So I thought I’d do a quick comparison with my old phone to see how it stands up. Read more.

Font-weight is still broken in all but one browser

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:13:10 PST

There’s more to the lives of many typefaces than just Bold and Regular, but almost no browsers follow the proper CSS 1 way of specifying Light, Semibold, Black and other weights. There is a workaround, but it’s nasty. Read more.

Double F

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:41:41 PST

What is it with band names alliterating on the letter “F”? Read more.