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Fontsquirrel.com saves @font-face
Note: This post is a continutation of Sorry Typekit, you’re unusable (for now). With the launch of the new spigotdesign.com site I was very excited about the possibilities of using @font-face to spice up the typography on the site. Typekit was to be my weapon of choice here but it turns out that it’s still [...]
Sorry Typekit, you’re unusable (for now)
With the launch of the new site I decided to try once again to give @font-face another try. I’ve been disappointed in the past with how most browsers render embedded fonts, including Firefox on both the Mac and PC. So when the Great and the Good in the web community began touting typekit as the [...]
Fresh Foundation for Spigot
As a professional web designer, it comes with the territory that one’s own site is rebuilt on a fairly routine basis. So lately I’ve been spending my nights and weekend work hours rebuilding spigotdesign.com. The focus this time was not the design, but rather the foundation on which it’s built.
Fontin Sans on spigotdesign.com
Web designers have long desired to be able to use more fonts than the standard list of web-safe fonts. When Apple introduced Safari 3.1 in March 2008 with support for @font-face embedding, it looked like we may have turned that corner. Over a year later, Safari is still the only browser to support @font-face embedding, [...]
New design & theme switcher
As you can tell, we’ve launched a new look to the site – a lighter, brighter version of Spigot Design for those who thought the previous design was too dark and brooding. For those who liked the site just fine the way it was, check out the link on the home page that will allow [...]
Custom built websites vs web templates
Here at Spigot Design, we plug ourselves as a ‘custom’ web design studio, with heavy emphasis on the custom (and design) parts. But occasionally we’ll build a site that is based on a template for a client who’s needs fit the criteria. Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of each, and why we [...]
YUI Grids vs Blueprint (CSS Frameworks)
CSS Frameworks have been around for a while now, and while there are many detractors, the benefits they provide make them an attractive option for speeding up development time, as well as simplifying complex layouts. After pouring through this Top 12 list of CSS Frameworks, the two that stand out the most are Blueprint and YUI [...]
Rethinking Flickr and MobileMe
Cause I still haven’t found what I’m looking for It’s been an on-again off-again search for me, but Dan Benjamin’s article Is Flickr Still “The Place” For Online Photos? got me thinking about finding the perfect online photo gallery solution again… the one that has thus far eluded me.
Dropping future support for IE6
Checking the stats for spigotdesign.com today revealed that less than 10% of the visitors here are using Internet Explorer 6. This is great news! This means we can now officially drop support for this outdated browser, at least on this site. Now that I’ve reached the vaunted 10%, and with newer browsers continuing to improve [...]
New Spigot Design logo unveiled
While not a new logo per se, we’re proud to announce a cleaner, smoother version of our logo. The old version was drawn in one quick motion and was meant to be a playful representation of the company. It’s served us well for the last 4 years, but we decided it was time to clean [...]