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http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/22/complete-guide-to-css-font-stacks/ CSS Font stacks are one of those things that elude a lot of designers. Many stick to the basic stacks Dreamweaver auto-recommends or go even more basic by just specifying a single web-safe font. But doing either of those things means you’re missing out on some great typography options. Font stacks can make it possible to show at least some of your visitors your site’s typography exactly the way you intend without showing everyone else a default font. Read on for more information on using and creating effective font stacks with CSS. Creating Your Own Font Stacks

Guide to CSS Font Stacks: Techniques and Resources - Smashing Coding

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/10/mastering-css-advanced-techniques-and-tools/ CSS is one of the most basic building blocks of modern web design. It creates the structure and style that surrounds your content and is capable of making your site a joy to use or a pain in the neck. Mastering CSS is one of the most important things a web designer can do, and has really become an essential criteria for being a successful designer.

Mastering CSS, Part 2: Advanced Techniques and Tools - Smashing Coding

Useful Blogs For Freelancers FreelanceFolder – Jon C. Phillips, an amazing web designer is the founder of Freelancer Folder. http://freelancefolder.com/30-sites-every-freelancer-should-visit-and-utilize/

30 Sites Every Freelancer Should Visit and Utilize | FreelanceFolder

Everyone would agree that usability is an important aspect of Web design. Whether you’re working on a portfolio website, online store or Web app, making your pages easy and enjoyable for your visitors to use is key. Many studies have been done over the years on various aspects of Web and interface design, and the findings are valuable in helping us improve our work. http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/24/10-useful-usability-findings-and-guidelines/

10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines - Smashing UX Design

http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/19/53-css-techniques-you-couldnt-live-without/ CSS is important. And it is being used more and more often. Cascading Style Sheets offer many advantages you don’t have in table-layouts – and first of all a strict separation between layout, or design of the page, and the information, presented on the page. Thus the design of pages can be easily changed, just replacing a css-file with another one. Isn’t it great? Well, actually, it is.

53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn't Live Without - Smashing Coding

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Earlier before I have written an article about current best CSS hacks which you can see here And now here’s the list of today’s most used CSS tricks – tips. I have added image examples for most of them because of critics on CSS hacks article. If you think I have missed any please let me know

Most used CSS tricks | StylizedWeb.com

http://stylizedweb.com/2008/03/12/most-used-css-tricks/
http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/color-blend/ Pick a color value format, input two valid CSS color values in the format you chose, and pick the number of midpoints you'd like to see. The palette will show the colors you input as well as the requested number of midpoint colors, and the values of those colors.

Color Blender