Shawson's Code Blog » design http://codeblog.shawson.co.uk development notes for my failing memory Tue, 15 May 2012 15:22:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Transparent CSS Sprites – Smashing Magazine http://codeblog.shawson.co.uk/transparent-css-sprites-smashing-magazine/ http://codeblog.shawson.co.uk/transparent-css-sprites-smashing-magazine/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:13:52 +0000 shawson http://www.shawson.co.uk/codeblog/?p=827
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  • Colour Picking Website
    • ]]>     Awesome tool which allows you to upload a sample image containing text, and the site will try to figure out what font was used!

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    • ]]>     Juts launched a new portfolio site for my girlfriend, www.natashahampshire.co.uk – This is just the first phase with a few more features and a bunch of extra contact to be added in the coming weeks, but we needed to get it up ASAP so she can apply for a design course in London!

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    kuler.co.uk colour picker tool

    kuler.co.uk colour picker tool

    Tash showed me quite a cool site, thought of more use to designers than developers- it’s kuler.co.uk – this shows you premade palettes of colours which owrk together, and also has a clever flash tool allowing you to create your own palette’s while offering you some guidance.

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