A common and frustrating issue when creating text fields dynamically is the manipulation of this objects alpha property. Usually you just set it and forget it, but in this case a couple more steps are required. the trick is to set the blending mode of the text fields parent object.
Years ago before I discovered Internet Explorer’s Conditional Comments, I struggled with CSS hacks, IE filters, and unreliable JavaScript sniffers.
With this technique markup inside the comments will be only visible to the IE browser in general or specific versions that you specify.
Here’s a color picker i created a while ago dubbed “Hex Flex”. It was more of a beta that I plan on recoding and releasing soon.
While browsing Think Anatomy I came across an entry that showcased a reference tool for artists.
The website is Posemaniacs where you can choose from many different human figures in various poses. Each stance provides the ability to rotate it, on a y axis, a full 360 degrees. One plus is that the figures lack skin so you can view all the muscles and how they weave into each other.
There is definitely no shortage of free fonts on the web. Yet, finding them can prove annoying when you are bombarded with pop up ads and false claims of free that forward you to pay sites.
I created a markup editor dubbed “Type Doc” to use when I didn’t have access to an HTML editor. Yes, notepad is always an option but this has live updating in the environment(browser) you are going to be using. Which could make for a nice learning tool because you will see your success and mistakes reflected immediately.
There’s no surprise that the fonts web developers are always required to resort to are depressingly limited.
The sure bets are Arial and Times New Roman. Everything else is a gamble on some level even with Vista introducing some new installed fonts.
You can always use a graphic, a graphics server or flash with embedded fonts to get the same effect you had in Photoshop, but let’s face it, one reason for a website is so you can be found.
Although image alt and/or title tags, and even flash content are now search engine friendly you still want the ease and accessibility of plain text. This makes web accessibility for people using screen readers because of a disability all the easier to implement. Don’t forget all the different platforms the web is viewed through these days. The last of the Mobile Browsers, Safari, Safari on the iPhone, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Opera on the Wii, Whatever the Playstation3 is using, and whatever you guys run on Linux. Plain text as of now is just easier to adapt to the different environments.
The video below is an extensive look at fonts for the web from creative techniques to Arials origin.
A common question I address is how to take a drawing and digitally ink it. Sit back and enjoy a video tutorial I found that shows the process.
