Tools & Resources

Tools & Resources

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Wordpress Theme : Swooshy Blog

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This wordpress theme offers a simple, snappy and colorful skin for your new or established blog. I’m not sure where the name comes from it just seemed to fit at the time and so became Swooshy Blog.
The design is based around swooping lines and curves. The homepage features an enlarged header that shows the latest [...]

jQuery Plugin : IE @font-face ClearType fix

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This plugin is a simple fix for anyone having issues in IE7 and 8 when embedding custom fonts using the @font-face selector. Microsoft’s ClearType functionality can at times cause embedded fonts to render hard and jagged as opposed to smooth and anti-aliased.
You can see the article that this plugin originates from here. If you can [...]

Template: CSS3 inspired template ‘Nearly Circular’

This template displays a taster of what is to come from the CSS 3 spec, mostly the lovely rounded corners and the much troubled @font-face. There are also a few pseudo css selectors used to control some elements.