Link Dump 05 - January 2025

I could talk about the boom of migrations from Meta's platforms to Mastodon or Pixelfed, but I already do on my Mastodon profile so instead I'll link to more interesting stuff.

On this month's menu: CSS tricks, typography, the personal and handcrafted web

CSS

• ComiCSS makes short comics using only HTML and CSS!

• Panorama de techniques CSS (FR) parfois méconnues par les designers, à garder en tête et se rappeler des astuces

• A new CSS property called text-box-trim looks promising

• Capsize CSS does the thing above but makes it available for browsers that don't support the feature yet

• Roman Komarov's blog on CSS experiments and advancements for this beautiful language

• Pseudo-random CSS with the Cicada Principle - use :nth-child with prime numbers to make stuff look randomly styled!

Personal & handcrafted web

• Netlibre propose des noms de domaine gratuit pour toustes!
• How To Make A Damn Website teaches you that you don't need a Wordpress installation or Cargo, just HTML for now
• Exploring the Personal Web all from one starting point - this article!
• A Personal Web Mind Map with a ton of links to start your journey

Typography

• F%NT is a grid-based font-making tool by Benoit Wimart
• Public Type Works presents a new model for compensation of libre typographers: crowdsourcing fonts until a goal is reached and they're made free.

Bonus

• Les Conférences Gesticulées proposent des prises de paroles publiques par des gens qui incarnent leur sujet pour entretenir une éducation populaire.

• You can move your Insta posts to Pixelfed very easily because developer @dansup is amazing

• Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 will be held in Nuremberg in the end of May

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