The search for suitable fonts for a web project is not always easy. Many fonts have a unique character, and thus, don’t suit every case. However, there are a lot of free fonts with a very general design, allowing them to be used in almost any web project. We call them everyday fonts and have gathered some for you. “Source Sans” and “Source Serif” by Adobe “Source Sans” and “Source Serif” were the first open source families by Adobe. Both families are available as so-called Pro fonts. This means that they support all European languages, also including Eastern European languages such as Turkish. Thus, they are an excellent choice for international designs. In addition to that, there are plenty of ligatures like small caps, medieval numerals, proportional and tabular numerals, as well as breaches. Even though Adobe developed the font as an open source, it can be compared to Adobe’s commercial fonts regarding aesthetic quality as well as the character set. The “Source Sans” is available in six different cuts, from “Extra Light"” to “Ultra Bold”, each of which is also available as italics variant. The “Source Serif” has half as many cuts. Just like every open source font, you […]

I’m one of those people who can’t live without their Bash terminal. This sole fact has made it difficult for me to do frontend work on Windows. I work at Microsoft and I’m on a Mac. It wasn’t until the new Surface hardware line came out a few years ago that I realized: I gotta have one of those. So I got one. A Surface Book 2 running Windows 10 to be exact.

Previous reports of the Java community found that developers were still mainly using Java 8 and didn't adopt newer versions, but according to Snyk’s JVM Ecosystem Report 2021, that is starting to change. This year, 61.5% of respondents are using Java 11 somewhere in production, and almost 12% are using the latest release, which was … continue reading The post Report: Developers are moving from away from Java 8 to Java 11 appeared first on SD Times.

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial will take you through to the step-by-step process of creating an isometric text effect, which features three-dimensional type combined with vibrant colours to produce a fun vector art style. Adobe Illustrator is the perfect tool to create such an effect; the 3D Extrude & Bevel tool easily generates an accurate isometric […] The post Video Tutorial: Isometric Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

As I'd always been at the top of my class during high school, I headed to art college full of confidence that one day I'd be an accomplished painter. This over-confidence didn't last long though, because when I arrived, I found myself surrounded by conceptual artists, filmmakers, painters, performance artists, printmakers, and sculptors, who all seemed much more talented than I was. This was especially true of my friend Ben, a gifted painter who went to his studio late every night to work on several large canvases.

Usability is critical for a website's success, but it can be difficult to nail down in early design and development stages without a little help. It's not as though the research and preparation you do for a new site won't give you insights on how to build something that's both beautiful and functional. And having a rock-solid design system and designer-developer handoff will certainly help you bring quality control and consistency to your site.

We take you on a tour of what WebP is all about. We also perform some tests to see if the format really does live up to the hype. The post WebP Images: A Primer appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Website builders are not new. But they have evolved through the years to become more powerful and more flexible. They are more efficient, and better able to meet the demands of new technologies. Today's website-building tools can help individuals, teams, and businesses. They help to build anything from a simple single page site to a […] The post Website Building Tools You Should Try in 2019 appeared first on Line25.

Kaye Putnam is a psychology-driven brand strategist & in this episode we geek out about all things brand thinking, including her '4C Brand Strategy Framework'.

Today, many banks and financial organizations use loan management software solutions to keep the competitive edge in the market. Read why they prefer developing custom solutions over off-the-shelf. The post Benefits of Custom Loan Management Software Development appeared first on SCAND.