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Weekly recap #37
Design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
The new Google Fonts - A redesigned Google Fonts website helps you find the right fonts and icons for your project. -
8 micro tips for remarkably better typography - Small details that will greatly improve the readability and aesthetics of your website. -
Product design ↘
Levels of complexity in website design - Here's my attempt to lay out the levels of complexity in website design. The idea is that you can choose to layer on as many levels as you want, or stop at any point. -
Better brainstorming - researchers have found, paradoxically, that group brainstorming often results in fewer ideas than individual brainstorming, even though groups contain more people and, thus, more potential ideas. -
Design engineering ↘
Adapting illustrations to dark mode - I want to share with you a quick way to make illustrations on your website work in both light and dark mode. -
Tools and resources ↘
Instrument Sans - A variable sans-serif designed for the Instrument brand, and open-sourced for you on google fonts. -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
40 lessons from 30 years - Over a slice of drunken pizza on dirty Sixth street last weekend, my friend Zakk asked me to come up with 30 life lessons for my 30th birthday. -
Last but not least ↘
Style is consistent constraint - Style emerges from consistency, and having a style opens your imagination. Your mind should be flexible, but your process should be repeatable. -
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