Random Thoughts on Web Design & Development

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Last week's websites that I stumble upon. Some design related, development and completely off beat topic. If you have a link that you'd like me to share with others feel free to send it me.

Inspiration

Black Estate Vineyard Black Estate Vineyard is a website for a wine company, it's beautifully designed in back and white and very nice typography. The docked navigation is a nice touch too.

Logo Design Love As the name suggests, Logo Design Love is a website devoted to logos where you can find lots of inspiration and tips on how to design them. Don't forget to check out the website owner's portfolio

Cartoon Brew If you are a fan of cartoon like me, you will love Cartoon Brew. Lots of news and animations everyday.

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Drop caps are usually used in desktop publishing, the first letter of a paragraph is enlarged to drop down 2 or more lines. Update: To make it work in IE6, the first letter needs to be wrapped in a span. IE6 Example 

Markup
<p class="drop">
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, 
    sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 
    Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris
    nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in 
    reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
</p>
CSS
.drop:first-letter { 
    font-size: 4.2em;
    float: left;
    line-height: 0.6em;
    margin: 0.13em 0.13em 0.13em 0;
}
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