1. I’ve always loved the type on National Geographic’s maps. Here’s the story about how it came to be, along with this fabulous chart. via Quipsologies

    I’ve always loved the type on National Geographic’s maps. Here’s the story about how it came to be, along with this fabulous chart.


    via Quipsologies

  2. Kendrick Kidd did some typically excellent ‘city seals’ for Texas Monthly’s Cities Issue. It’s the seemingly simple but incredibly detailed line work that gets me — check out the Dallas one and how the shaking hands intersect with the corners of the banknote. Mind blown.

    Kendrick Kidd did some typically excellent ‘city seals’ for Texas Monthly’s Cities Issue. It’s the seemingly simple but incredibly detailed line work that gets me — check out the Dallas one and how the shaking hands intersect with the corners of the banknote. Mind blown.

  3. I remember seeing some scans of this on Flickr a while back, but I don’t believe it was the whole thing. Here’s Vignelli and Noorda’s New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual in all its zoomable droolworthy glory. 

    I remember seeing some scans of this on Flickr a while back, but I don’t believe it was the whole thing. Here’s Vignelli and Noorda’s New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual in all its zoomable droolworthy glory. 

  4. I have to get on this straight away!

    I have to get on this straight away!

  5. Move Underline for Great Justice: Removing Hover Behaviour from Pseudoelements in CSS →

    Here’s a handy tip I discovered while trying to wrangle a menu for a project at work. It was also a convenient excuse to use Markdown to write a Gist, which I then published using bl.ocks.org. Trifecta!

  6. I don’t care that I don’t have wall space for this; I’m going to make some. 

    I don’t care that I don’t have wall space for this; I’m going to make some. 

  7. Well-played, Mozilla devs. Well-played. (Open up Firebug on a new tab.)

    Well-played, Mozilla devs. Well-played. (Open up Firebug on a new tab.)

  8. This is the awesomest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Robin Sloan has indeed written a book review in JavaScript. This came at just the right time, as I’ve just started messing about with JavaScript myself. (I don’t think I’m going to try anything like this piece of artistic geekery for a long time, though.)

  9. I know I’ve been quiet here lately, but this should help explain why. I’ll miss you guys too!

  10. Spiffing CSS →

    From the ‘I wish I’d have thought of it myself’ file: a CSS pre-processor optimised for British English (though I’m sure our Canadian friends will find it just as useful).