Factory is the product, UX Lex, All caps text, Test your system, CSS custom properties

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The factory is the product - Getting better at making the thing makes the thing better. - Jordan O'Connor / filed under Product Design

UX Lex - An evolving, interactive glossary of UX research terms. - Curiosity Tank / filed under UX Design

How tracking and kerning improves all caps text - All caps text creates problematic spaces because upper case letters are designed to be set next to lower… - Oliver Schöndorfer / filed under Typography

Test your system design the moment you come up with it - Don’t design a system for its own sake. Test your system against reality as soon as you come… - Tim Casasola / filed under Design System

Getting started with CSS custom properties - Custom properties in CSS are exceptionally useful, not just for tokenising your CSS, but also for abstracting complexity… - Andy Bell / filed under HTML & CSS