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In this tutorial I will show you how to create a color picker icon from some blends, gradients, and simple shapes. This icon works great for web design project and in user interface design. Moreover, you can use the techniques in this tutorial in other icon, web, and print projects. Let’s get started!
Final Image
Take a look at what we will be creating.
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WordPress shortcodes are used frequently in plugins and themes as a way to achieve extra functionality, without the need to modify template files. You just type the shortcode word right into your post
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Follow this step by step guide to creating a fun cartoon style poster design. We’ll combine a quick character doodle with some bold and blocky text, then bring it to life with a muted colour palette and a mix of textures to give the poster an old and retro feel.
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The Elusive Footer
Aug 29
Here’s a curious design oversight—something I’d like to call the elusive footer. You’ll find an example of one on 37signal’s Sortfolio
Font Smoothing
Aug 29
Webkit, the engine under the Safari and Chrome browsers, adds an interesting property to CSS called “font-smoothing”. You can probably guess what it does by its name. There are three different values you can use for it:
-webkit-font-smoothing: none;
-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
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