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January 26, 2009

Striking Web Sites with Font Stacks that Inspire

With the right knowledge of CSS font stacks we’re one step closer to letting our imagination design a better Web experience for everyone.

written by Vivien

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in inspiration | blogiverse | design | typography |

PopularBits

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When The End Is Just The Beginning
Get inspired with 16 well-crafted footers.
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How To Build Lasting Relationships With Your Readers
How do you create a community that will inspire you, build lasting relationships with your readers?
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16 Bits Of Blogs With Unconventional Layout
which seems to be slowly overtaking the mainstream blog’s structure.
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A Plea From 16 Most Overused Fonts
fonts that got together with a plea to give them a break and forget about their existence for the next 25 years.

RecommendedBits

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Best Inspiration Bits in 2007
Which old articles from Inspiration Bit are the most memorable to you?
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Design Critique: Leon Paternoster
Leon is an ardent crusader for accessible and readable web design. His own sites come with very minimalistic, stripped down to bare necessities, designs.
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Web Design Dissected Into 8 Bits
What are the important aspects in web design? Join the discussion.
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DOS and DON’TS - Blog Branding
How can branding be applied to blogging? What are the driving forces of a flourishing Brand?

FavouriteBits

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8 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging
Things did change since I wrote this post, but some still ring the bell quite vividly.
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8 Strenuous Steps To Get The Ideal Name
It took me three days and three nights to finally decide on the name for this blog.
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How Crazy Are You?
At first his behaviour did look a bit crazy, but then I saw a smile on his face that said…
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A Candid Interview With Mr. Typography
An interview with John Boardley during the early stage of Type revolution on Web.

RollingBits

InterestingBits

Artician — a new community/portfolio site for creative professionals is launched.
Toca Me Stunningly well done video on monogram creations, it’s like watching evolution of life.
Type Tweets Expect to spend lots of time going through 100 tweets, all typography-related
Great Inspiration On and Offline Definitely worth to bookmark and refer to when you seek that elusive inspiration.

BirdyBits

@ilovetypography oh, you shouldn't, I'd be very curious to see what "vino veritas" you'd tweet about :) in reply to ilovetypography 2009-10-17
@bailingbucket could you pls tell me if it would be ok to take my 4 y.o. daughter to see Where the Wild Things Are? Not too violent? in reply to bailingbucket 2009-10-17
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Hi, I'm Vivien. Thanks for visiting my Inspiration Bit. I often find myself scouring the internet looking for either answers to many questions I have or websites that inspire me, sites that I can learn from. On what topics you might ask — any topics that interest me, anything from web design to typography and art, from blogging to entrepreneurship, from programming to open source.
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When I'm not blogging, I design web sites, teach programming, play with my daughter and try to balance family, work, friends and a somewhat active social life on