Don posed the question on What Makes a Good Web Font and mentioned that there are alternatives like sIFR 2.0 which allow developers to replace text headings with customized fonts, via Flash, irregardless of whether or not the font is on the users system. I just stumbled upon PHP + CSS Dynamic Text Replacement which builds upon previous iterations of dynamic text replacement which will replace a page heading with an image. Now you can customize the styling with CSS and have page headings within a small or large scale project be whatever font, color and size you want. No more time consuming editing of each heading on multiple pages with Photoshop, this is all done on the fly!
Archive for December 15th, 2005
It looks like the Eolas/Microsoft patent problem has escalated to the point where Microsoft is changing the way that Internet Explorer handles plugins using these tags: applet, object and embed. This change will force users to click on any elements on a page that use those tags before they start to work or play, so no Flash movies will play unless they are clicked.
This will make our lives as developers a little complicated, since we’ll have to go back and make changes to ensure that our projects work as intended. The good thing is that deconcept has a write up on how we can use the FlashObject method to get around the changes to Internet Explorer. We’ve started using this on some of our projects recently and I think it works great!
Since this whole mess only affects Internet Explorer on a Windows machine, can I once again recommend using a better browser, like Firefox if you’re on a PC or Mac and Safari if you’re on a Mac.
I’ve seen a few different online color picking utilities, some allow you to find similar hues and pick a color scheme that matches your choice, but I think that ColorBlender takes the process a step further by allowing save your selections to a Photoshop or Illustrator accessible file and even suggest a Pantone match to your color which can make life a little easier when your trying to ensure a consistent look between your screen and PMS colors for a print project.
