http://www.octavedesign.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:15:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What is the difference between a Font and a Typeface? http://www.octavedesign.com/2011/04/02/what-is-the-difference-between-a-font-and-a-typeface-read-more-httpwww-thefloatingfrog-co-uktips-tricks-tutorialswhat-is-the-difference-between-a-font-and-a-typeface/ http://www.octavedesign.com/2011/04/02/what-is-the-difference-between-a-font-and-a-typeface-read-more-httpwww-thefloatingfrog-co-uktips-tricks-tutorialswhat-is-the-difference-between-a-font-and-a-typeface/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:09:28 +0000 admin http://brandedpro.frogsthemes.com/?p=109 “A Gerbil is nothing like a Hamster, Hamsters for a start like to live alone and seem to wake up when you go to sleep. Gerbils on the other hand are the complete opposite, they are happiest in groups and love being active, chewing and gnawing at the bars till you play with them.”

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]]> http://www.octavedesign.com/2011/04/02/what-is-the-difference-between-a-font-and-a-typeface-read-more-httpwww-thefloatingfrog-co-uktips-tricks-tutorialswhat-is-the-difference-between-a-font-and-a-typeface/feed/ 0 10 CSS shorthand techniques you’ll use everyday http://www.octavedesign.com/2011/04/02/10-css-shorthand-techniques-you%e2%80%99ll-use-everyday/ http://www.octavedesign.com/2011/04/02/10-css-shorthand-techniques-you%e2%80%99ll-use-everyday/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:00:05 +0000 admin http://brandedpro.frogsthemes.com/?p=99 CSS shortland is a technique of writing mulitple declarations and values in a single line of CSS code. The advantages of using shorthand is to primarily reduce the CSS file size, but there are other benefits. A bloated and disorganised stylesheet can be hard to debug if you encounter problems, especially if you wrote it and another unfortunate colleage has to fix it while your away sunning it in some hot climate.

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]]> http://www.octavedesign.com/2011/04/02/15-major-brands-rebrand/feed/ 0 The Designer’s Cross-Training Toolkit http://www.octavedesign.com/2011/03/21/the-designers-cross-training-toolkit/ http://www.octavedesign.com/2011/03/21/the-designers-cross-training-toolkit/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:22:33 +0000 admin http://brandedpro.frogsthemes.com/?p=1 I watched a TV documentary the other day about a professional soccer player. As well as his normal soccer training he mixed in training in other sports like boxing and yoga and I thought this sounded a bit odd. Why would somebody that earns his (considerable) daily bread playing soccer spend time learning and training in areas that are not directly related to his profession?

Read more: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/12/22/the-designer-s-cross-training-toolkit/

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