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New Version of the Font Combinator!

Posted on by Chip Cullen

Woo hoo!

I’m really excited to announce that I have pushed a major new version of the Font Combinator!

I’ve been working for a few months on this, and have included some sorely needed functionality.

New features include:

  • Better Performance
  • Responsive Design
  • Variants
  • Color (both for Type and Background)

I hope this helps a lot of people have fun with web typography!

Check out the Font Combinator!

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Altering the comment form in WordPress

Posted on by Chip Cullen

Intro

Recently a client wanted to change the comment form on a WordPress site I was building for them. Specifically, they just wanted to have a Name field and the Comment field – omitting the E-mail and Website fields. They also wanted their labels to have particular wording.

I had never done this before, and after a lot of googling, I figured it out. I didn’t feel that a lot of the tutorials out there provided enough information, so I’m hoping to rectify that problem with this post. Continue reading →

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New Tool from Adobe – Shadow

Posted on by Chip Cullen

[There was a nice intro movie, but Adobe took it down - The Management]

I’ve not been too keen on a lot of what Adobe has been doing in recent years in terms of helping web developers. I’ve often felt like they’re attempts at providing tools for building websites falls very short of modern needs.

However, that has changed with the introduction of Adobe Shadow.

In short, it’s an application that lets you mirror what your Chrome browser sees – in real time – from your desktop computer to you mobile devices.

This could prove invaluable for truly responsive work flows. I’m going to be playing with it for the next few days, and figure out what it can or cannot do.

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