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Archive for November 2005

   (2005.11.10)
Slate front of building has metal TORONTO HYDRO ELECTRIC SYSTEM letters standing out from the stone on stalks
   (2005.11.10)

Bit of a clash of eras and sensibilities here.

Side-by-side doors are labeled 1510 in Didot and 1512 in Arial Italic

“Mavis? Can I pop over and borrow a cup of Arial?”

   (2005.11.10)
Pumpkin has carved round holes across its entire surface and lights within
   (2005.11.09)

Do design ‘portals’ still have crappy HTML? (Yes.) And what does this have to do with Armin Vit?

   (2005.11.08)

More bookmarks for standards testing, and a new test page for true CSS small caps

   (2005.11.08)

Shocker: Text-only pages preferred by people with disabilities under some circumstances

   (2005.11.08)

Review of a research paper that puts the focus on programmers for a change.

   (2005.11.07)

I see we’ve found yet another way to write the word it[’]s – with the s in small capitals.

Banner for maple macchiato reads OUR EXPRESSO ROAST MEETS ITs SWEET MATCH

At least it ain’t its’.

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