A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 244

August 28, 2007

In this issue of A List Apart, father of CSS Håkon Lie advocates real TrueType fonts in web design, while Iconfactory’s Craig Hockenberry (developer of Twitterific) describes in detail how to optimize websites for iPhone.

CSS @ Ten: The Next Big Thing

by Håkon Wium Lie

Ten years ago, Håkon Wium Lie and Bert Bos gave us typographic control over web pages via CSS. But Verdana and Georgia take us only so far. Now Håkon shows us how to take web design out of the typographic ghetto, by harnessing the power of real TrueType fonts.

Put Your Content in My Pocket

by Craig Hockenberry

In this first of two articles on bringing your content to the iPhone, the Iconfactory’s Craig Hockenberry offers detailed guidance on tuning your site for the hot new phone, and making changes that can enhance even non-iPhone-users’ experience. Hotcha!

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Editor’s Choice

originally ran: December 19, 2006

Switchy McLayout: An Adaptive Layout Technique

by Marc van den Dobbelsteen

CSS-based liquid layout has proven successful during the reign of 800-pixel to 1024-pixel screens, but as we use a wider range of devices to access the web, we need more powerful and flexible ways of managing layout.