Fonts Used In Logos of Popular Websites. This roundup was gathered through a combination of top notch Google-ing and What the Font?
-ing. Midway through my travels across the internet, I stumbled upon a Web 2.0 logo font roundup, which is worth a look as well. You’ve seen these fonts, now you get to learn their names: Twitter – Pico Alphabet (Modified) Digg – FFF Forward (Modified) Cork’d – Triplex Vimeo – Black Rose Grooveshark – FF Nuvo Envato – Agenda Italic Tuts+ Network – Lubalin Graph Last.fm – National (Modified) Technorati – Neo Sans Medium Flickr – Frutiger Black Purevolume – Avenir Book Youtube – Alternate Gothic No. 2 Basecamp – Whitney Facebook – Klavika (Modified) Engadget – Engadget Font (Close Match) Google – Catull BQ Yahoo – Yahoo Font Hulu – Futura MDd BT (Modified) Bebo – Neuropol (Modified) TMZ – Amelia The ONION – Eagle Bold Mapquest – Cheap Motel Linkedin – Myriad Pro Bold Skype – Helvetica Rounded Bold Revision 3 – VAG Rounded Black Hunted, Tagged and Released Back Into the Wild Want more famous fonts?
Google+ 35 CSS-Lifesavers For Efficient Web Design. CSS-design is not easy.
We need to find workaround across browser inconsistencies, not that easy CSS-concepts and quite counterintuitive CSS-solutions. However, there are effective and useful CSS-tools and Smashing Magazine reviewed many1 of2 them3 in our previous posts. Now it’s time to present you with some fresh (or not mentioned earlier) tools that can assist designers in their work. Today, we will look at 35 new and useful CSS tools, generators and resources that can significantly improve your workflow and reduce your time efforts for CSS-coding. Whether you’re writing, compiling, refining or experimenting with CSS code – or all of the above – these tools can help you get the job done faster and better than ever before. You may want to take a look at the following related articles: Extend CSS with advanced selectors, variables etc. Less CSS7 Say goodbye to bloated CSS code with LESS.
Sizzle9 A pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine designed to be easily dropped in to a host library. 10 Common Mistakes In Logo Design. With the power of the Web, and more eyes watching than ever, it’s important for a business to communicate its unique message clearly.
The easiest way to recognize a company and distinguish it from others is by its logo. Below, we go through 10 common logo design mistakes that you should avoid if you want to create a successful and professional logo. 1. Designed By An Amateur Avoid websites that promote ridiculously cheap logo packages. A professional business should look professional. Here are the most common reasons why many logos look amateurish: The business owner wanted to save money by designing the logo quickly themselves.A friend or relative who claims to know a little about graphic design does it as a favor.The wrong people are commissioned. All of the above can result in disastrous outcomes. Here are the advantages of hiring an established and professional logo designer: 2. Focusing on current logo trends is like putting a sell-by date on a logo. 3. 4. 5.