This week’s font recommendation is Cubox-3D, a fun font by Southype that is appropriately made up of 3D cubes. The uppercase and lowercase letters are the same and there’s not a lot of punctuation but this is probably better for headlines and decorative purposes anyway.
It’s free for personal use and you can download at dafont.
S23E12 - Moe Goes From Rags to Riches Recorded LIVE on Periscope, Jack & Dan celebrate their 100th episode ever by going inside the hype and watching their most requested episode ever, Season 23's Moe Goes From Rags to Riches, a tale narrated by a talking rag that spans time, reveals Mo...
More of what I’m listening to while I work. Worst Episode Ever is a podcast dedicated to finding the worst post-classic episode of the Simpsons.
This podcast is really at it’s best when it’s totally off the rails with Dalek impressions and original characters but I’m linking to a relatively focused example because I think Moe’s talking rag might actually be the worst episode.
Introducing a mini-library of experimental page scroll effects, created using CSS and Velocity.js...
This is a really nice collection of scroll effects that don’t require hijacking the scrollbar (although you can if you really want to for some reason).
Before the day gets away from me, here’s this week’s font recommendation. Congratulations by Paper Street is subtly hand drawn and pretty multipurpose.
Dafont has the demo or you can get the full version at the Paper Street site.
I just added two more styles to the Hellmuth font family. The package now includes a shadowed version plus a shadow only option (seen above) for easier stacking.
Get the free personal version here and if you’ve already purchased a license and want the updated commercial files, just shoot me an email.
Free Font Fridays week two! Check out this sweet hand-drawn number by phitradesign. Fish & Chips is free for personal use and you can download the demo version here.
I recently received an email asking how the animals and letters match up in the OrigamiBats font and it occurred to me that maybe that would be useful information for other users. So here’s the list:
A - Crane
B - Hummingbird
C - Swan
D - Dove
E - Rooster
F - Butterfly
G - Peacock
H - Owl
I - Turtle
J - Fish
K - Fish
L - Fish
M - Whale
N - Frog
O - Cat
P - Dog
Q - Mouse
R - Fox
S - Rabbit
T - Squirrel
U - Pig
V - Bear
W- Elephant
X - Giraffe
Y - Monkey
Z - Dragon
As you can see, I don’t know a lot about fish.
Two great freebies on Creative Market this week (04/24/17). Real flowers with the Pink Peonies photo bundle and vector flowers with the Clover object brushes.
Get them quick!
Using transform: rotate() for a sideways text effect is pretty simple CSS but if you’re anything like me, you forget the details for positioning that text and have to play around with translates and transform-origins in the Inspector every time.
So I made myself a cheatsheet for positioning rotated text and thought I’d share it. You can align text to the top, center, or bottom of its parent container and change the direction of the text up or down.
Check it out here.
There are multiple posts on this blog, spread out over years, apologizing for neglecting font recommendations and pledging to do better. These are inevitably followed by being really motivated for about a month before relapsing into being too lazy to just post a link to one of the many fonts I’ve already downloaded and loved.
But this time things are going to be different! I’ll post a new font every Friday. I’ll call it Free Font Fridays and it’ll happen every week on the same day because it’s right there in the name.
And I’m re-starting today with a good one! Insert Fun by Xerographer Fonts is a little light on punctuation but the texture and shading is fantastic.
Free for personal use only.
Download at dafont.