Free Copy of Frutiger Linotype Font
10/23/2008
Design
Rounded Corners with JavaScript and CSS – No Images
02/11/2008
Rounded corners can create nice presentational effects and are very popular in web design. They also are a bit of a pain to create because they usually require PhotoShop and the markup is not as straightforward as square corners. So I was excited to give Steffen Rusitschka’s method a try, which uses only JavaScript and Read More
Gradient Web 2.0 Effects with GIMP
02/10/2008
In my last post, I mentioned that I installed GIMP to read a Photoshop .psd file. If you’re not familiar with GIMP, it is an extremely high quality free alternative to Photoshop. Using GIMP, I have been able to create several graphical effects with little effort. In this post, I will show you how I Read More
Opening Photoshop .psd Files without Photoshop
02/07/2008
A client sent me a Photoshop .psd file today containing a mock-up of a site he’s interested in having me design. Unfortunately, at the time I received the email, I was on a computer which did not have Photoshop installed, so I had no way to read or view the file. I downloaded GIMP (GNU Read More
Welcome – Lumidant’s First Blog Post
01/28/2008
I’ve been creating websites for years, since I started Tab World Online while in high school. That site was receiving 1 million page views per month before I sold it, though admittedly I knew comparatively little about web development at the time. So today, I decided I’d take the plunge, live in the spirit of Read More