Obsessive Much?

20 Responses

1. Joshua Blankenship

   Yes, I use multiple classes on the same words sometimes.

   2likes

   over 1 year ago

2. Darren Emory

   Ever try the Twilight theme?

   over 1 year ago

3. Matt Scribner

   @Darren Does it sparkle?

   8likes

   over 1 year ago

4. Tim Watson

   I love this idea.

   over 1 year ago

5. Cameron Daigle

   Ew, global class clutter. I do my best to avoid globally-defined stuff like that, so the style definitions are contextual to the page instead of dependent upon extra markup in the view. But we also operate in large Rails apps most of the time, so clean views are always a priority; YMMV.

   over 1 year ago

6. Cameron Daigle

   Also, you mad.

   over 1 year ago

7. Darren Emory

   @Matt I followed you just for that comment.

   1likes

   over 1 year ago

8. Joshua James

   Good idea Josh. Way to be in the details!

   over 1 year ago

9. Juan Arreguin

   AHAH, no worries man, maybe of us do the same :)

   over 1 year ago

10. Jerett Patterson

    ok im a coda man - what editor is that one you have there and what "theme".

    over 1 year ago

11. Jerett Patterson

    nevermind - i think i see it's textmate :( shame shame

    over 1 year ago

12. Caleb Loffer

    textmate blasts coda into space. all props for your choice of editor, Josh

    over 1 year ago

13. Jon Heslop

    Isn’t this what lettering.js was made for? http://letteringjs.com

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    over 1 year ago

14. Andy Birchwood

    @Cameron: "Ew, global class clutter"
    also known as "visual framework" - it really depends on how you look at it- and I'm guessing you would use this technique frugally, only on high-impact typography.

    over 1 year ago

15. Mike Meyer

    That kind of stuff is usually fixed with text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;

    ALSO. Negative/positive margin + display: inline-block; would probably be better for one’s mental model, but to each his or her own.

    ALSO, while you’re at it, that OR needs some kerning love.

    1likes

    over 1 year ago

16. Joshua Blankenship

    Mike:

    1) Usually, but not always. Usually isn’t enough.

    2) I don’t know what that means.

    3) It has it. In the context of the rest of the nav, all the middle lines are intentionally tracked wide.

    over 1 year ago

17. Cameron Daigle

    @Andy all true.

    over 1 year ago

18. Mike Meyer

    1. Yeah. Sigh. It’s tough to be a perfectionist when the end result is left to an unpredictable set of browsers. Designing for the web means either giving up a lot of the perfection that print design allows or finding a workaround. But you know this. Nice to see you’re not giving up.

    2. Never mind.

    3. Ah. Looked accidental. A matter of opinion. In context it’ll probably make more sense. Looking forward to seeing it in real-deal HTML/CSS.

    Related to what a few other people have said, have you tried Kerning.js combined with Lettering.js? A nice combo, though a bit heavy for presentational perfection.

    over 1 year ago

19. André Mora

    I know what that's like! — messed with class-laden manual kerning for some web specimens a while back.

    Why isnt that first one .track3? :)

    over 1 year ago

20. Silas Godfrey

    It's good to see a healthy obsession with text perfection! Absolutely beautiful.

    over 1 year ago