Last year we featured Wordle in a post, and today we take it one step further. Welcome to Tagxedo, ‘word clouds with style’! This is a quick and fun distraction, with a lot of room for customization. The font type, color, shape, orientation and layout can all be tweaked for each word cloud. There are preset color themes and shapes for you to choose from, or create a Pro account and make your own! You can input the words you’d like used, or submit a website URL and Tagxedo will generate the words for you. Keep reading to see my own unique word art below.
Archive for the ‘Friday Finds’ Category
Friday Finds: Tagxedo
Friday, October 7th, 2011Friday Finds: Flexbox
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Today’s find is a handy tool for configuring website layouts. Design Shack recently posted a helpful article on website layouts featuring Flexie. Flexie offers support for the Flexible Box Model, a CSS3 tool that may just be the future foundation of website layouts. Much like tables are a layout tool of the past, today’s use of the ‘float’ attribute may soon be behind us as well.
Friday Finds: Background Patterns
Friday, June 17th, 2011
As I hinted at last week previously, I have a great resource for background patterns to share with you. The simple program for creating backgrounds at BGPatterns.com has become one of my favorite tools lately. The possibilities are endless, with results ranging from sleek and polished to grungy vintage. Read on to see details and more examples of this great resource.
Friday Finds: Geeky Fashion
Friday, May 27th, 2011
Today’s Find is a roundup of great t-shirts for web designers with a sense of humor. There’s nothing like an extremely nerdy t-shirt for a good laugh (Big Bang Theory, anyone?*). I just recently discovered nerdy t-shirts made specifically for designers, and I knew I had to share. Below are some of my favorites, with links to where you can buy them. Enjoy!
Friday Finds: Font Squirrel
Friday, April 29th, 2011I’ve talked before about web safe fonts, and the alternative options for using beyond-the-basics fonts in web design. Google’s Font API, for example, has been a go-to resource for many of my web design projects. Recently though I have found myself embedding fonts more and more often. Read on to find out why and for a helpful resource.
Friday Finds: Beautiful Typography
Friday, March 25th, 2011
Today’s Find is a collection of amazing typography. Typography is defined as “the art and technique of printing with movable type” and involves creating and manipulating fonts and symbols. The following examples go above and beyond to create unique and gorgeous art out of words. Amazing images (and sources) found below. (more…)
Friday Finds: Font Game
Friday, February 25th, 2011Today’s find is a fun font game for the graphic design nerd in all of us: The Font Game. The concept reminds me of freerice.com, the online vocabulary game for a good cause. With ‘The Rather Difficult Font Game’ at ilovetypography.com, though, you are challenged to identify various fonts on sight. (more…)
Friday Finds: Graphic Tablet
Friday, January 14th, 2011Happy Friday everyone! Today’s find is a gift I received from my husband for Christmas last month. Also known as a trackpad or just a tablet, it is a great tool for designers and illustrators.
Friday Finds: DIY Lightbox
Friday, December 17th, 2010This post is for all of you photographers out there- amateurs and professionals alike. I spent my snowy evening last night creating a lightbox to use when photographing small objects. This could include product photography, food photography and more. I found a number of helpful tutorials online, and in just a few hours- and without leaving the house- I had created ideal lighting conditions for photographing my dinner.
Friday Finds: Black Friday
Friday, November 26th, 2010
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, readers! In honor of this Black Friday, I have a deal I wanted to let you all know about. Another blogger and friend of mine posted about Shutterfly recently and the sale they are having on holiday cards. They have a nice selection of photo cards, from sweet and whimsical to elegant designs. See below for some great offers and examples of designs that you can choose from.
