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Neuarmy: the work of Ryan Katrina

February 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Check out these awesome illustrations. I love this stuff.

Neuarmy has a plethora of other great things to look at, too. Like this Photoshop humor:

Or this organic type:

Sweet, huh? Keep on rocking, Ryan.

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Filed under: Design · Typography · Adobe · Art · Inspiration · Illustration

Subpixel rendering (and how to view subpixels in OS X)

October 4th, 2009 · No comments

Designing on a subpixel level improves the crispness of graphics, and noticeably improves the readability of fonts. Here’s how to view subpixels, and I’ll show you a few examples of subpixels in action.
According to the Wikipedia,
Subpixel rendering is a way to increase the apparent resolution of a computer’s liquid crystal display (LCD) by rendering pixels […]

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Filed under: Design · Typography · How to

How to flip the text direction & layout of a website with CSS

September 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

This is how I flipped a web site layout from a left-to-right text direction (English, Spanish, etc.) to a right-to-left text direction (Hebrew, Arabic). Unfortunately it’s not as easy as typing text-align: right. But the process was far easier than I imagined it could be. Here’s how I did it. This isn’t meant to be […]

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Filed under: Web · Typography · CSS · HTML · Example