Category Archives: CSS

Posts relating to document style

My CSS Framework revisited

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Karl Dawson

In November 2006 I published details on my CSS framework and even talked about it at Refresh Cambridge. To recap, it was the solution to the problem for only being able to reference one style sheet in an old Content … Continue reading →

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Transcending CSS

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Karl Dawson

Anyone who has ever seen Andy present will probably have already bought this book, so this review is for everyone else. The book is inspirational. Just like the stage show. Last year we were treated to some great CSS books for beginners and it was cool to finish the year off with a book for the rest of us. Not to say this book isn’t for beginners but it’s emphasis is more on getting out of the inevitable comfort zones we settle into as CSS developers rather than covering the basics of syntax and how to make an unordered list go across the page. Continue reading →

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Pixel to em calculator

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Karl Dawson

Piotr ‘Riddle’ Petrus has released a simple JavaScript form to help calculate the em equivalent of a pixel size you want to emulate. I wrote a quick-and-dirty version of this in Excel to help with the typographic rhythm of my CSS framework but this is much nicer. You can add nodes below the body tag – h1, h2, h3 for example – set the pixel size you would like these to appear as and it automagically calculates the em value. Continue reading →

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