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Font Identification For Web and Graphic Designers

By TechWiz on March 6, 2009 | Filed under: Web Design  | 1 Comment
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When I’m re-drawing logo’s for clients, or even checking out some web sites for inspiration, I often get a font that I think “What Is That?”. I often eliminate the usuall suspects (Arial, Tahoma, Impact, Times New Roman etc.) but then I’m left with over 2000 choices. To speed the process up, I use a great tool that’s free on the net. Identifont.com is the website I use. Now I know there are plenty of Font identification websites out there, but I find this particular one suits my needs as I believe it will suit others.

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Check Website Compatability Across Different Browsers

By TechWiz on March 2, 2009 | Filed under: Web Design  | Leave a Comment
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When designing websites, you need to be able to test browser compatability across the major operating systems and their corresponding browsers. Browsershots.org will help with this. Simply submit the web address and select which browsers over Linux, Windows, MacOs and BSD and snapshots of the site working in each selected browser. The service can take up to an hour to recieve the data, so bookmark the page that presents itself and come back a little later.

http://browsershots.org

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Colour Scheme Designer

By TechWiz on February 20, 2009 | Filed under: Web Design  | Leave a Comment
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Every web developer out there loves the balance of colour within the site’s they develop. When you need some inspiration or similiar colours, try the Colour Scheme Designer. With a multitude of options and varieties, you are sure to find this useful at one point or another. Check out the link below.

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