Why does some website text look bad on Windows?
Look at the difference between these two 50px headers that use the Georgia font: The top one is from IE8 on Windows Vista, whereas the bottom one is from Firefox 3.0.15 on Ubuntu 9.04. On Windows, the text is clearly less pleasant on the eye? It is has jagged edges, has a pixel or two […]
Web Design Tutorial – Centered area with drop shadow
In this tutorial we are going to create a very basic “blank canvas” webpage which has a central white cut-out with a drop shadow effect. Our “page” will be 960px wide, floated in the center of the browser window: Tutorial end product Click to enlarge Real-world example Click to enlarge
Using the Purisa Light font on a Website
If you want to use the “Purisa Light” font on your Linux hosted website, you can follow the following steps: Copy the font file from your desktop machine to your webserver. On Ubuntu the “Purisa Light” font file is located at /usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai/Purisa.ttf. e.g: scp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/thai/Purisa.ttf <username>@<webhost>:/<pathToWebsite>/fonts/Purisa.ttf Add the font face to your stylesheet: Now you […]
