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New Resources & Tools
Flawless Typography Checklist – A complete typography master course in the form of an interactive visual checklist.
MixItUp – A high-performance, dependency-free library for animated filtering, sorting, insertion, removal and more.
iTyped.js – Dead simple Javascript animated typing, with no dependencies.
awsm.css – A CSS library for beautify semantic HTML markup without classes, attributes, etc.
Materialab – A free wordpress theme, inspired by Google Material Design.
UnderStrap – Combines the Underscores starter theme (by Automattic) and the mobile-first, responsive grid framework Bootstrap 4 (by Twitter) into a perfect open source foundation for your next WordPress theme project.
Learning Guides, Tutorials & Tips
A Beginner’s Guide to Pure CSS Images By Michael Mangialardi
CSS reset for minimalists By Matt Smith
CSS Evolution: From CSS, SASS, BEM, CSS Modules to Styled Components By Perezpriego
How to use typography in UI Design By Wojciech Zieliński
How to Create Spotify Colorizer Effects With CSS Blend Modes By Web Designer Wall
UX Design
How Micro-Interactions Drive User Engagement By Stephen Moyers
Let the Action Buttons in the Dialog Box Scream its Outcome By Bob
Inspiration & Trends
8 amazing examples of mobile-first, responsive navigation By Chris Myhill
Brutalism: The ‘ugly’ web design trend taking over the internet By Ben McNicholl
…and finally…The Type Snob (And how to turn into one) by Pablo Stanley