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Google is jumping into the web fonts business with Google Font API and it appears to be really easy to use too, so I am excited to see how this develops.

Google Font API – Google Code.

Also, Typekit and Google Announce Open Source Collaboration. This is another thing to keep an eye on.

It is a sad day as the King of Heavy Metal, Ronnie James Dio passed away at the age of 67. Ronnie, you will be dearly missed.

This is the right time to jump into the HTML5 bandwagon if you haven’t done so already.

Flash, iPad, Standards – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report.

Now that IE6 is practically dead and gone, we can embrace the power that comes with CSS 2.1 selectors. Hurray! Forgotten CSS selectors | 456 Berea Street.

“It’s like twitter. Except we charge people to use it.”.

How about putting both log-in and register forms into one? A nice informative read.

Log in or sign up? – Leah Culvers Blog.

If you haven’t decided to drop IE6 support, this might be the right time to do it. The article CSS Differences in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 over at Smashing Magazine is a great reference to CSS differences between various IE versions when handling advanced CSS rules. Looks like versions 7 and up already support the vast majority of rules you throw at them, so if you want to take advantage of advanced CSS selectors to ease styles development, go on, I don’t believe many will be hurt in the process.

Let’s face it, navigating and maintaining large CSS files is no fun. As long as the site is small or if you happen to be in the early stages of development, the CSS file looks manageable, but once you hit the 2k+ line mark, finding what you are looking for can take a while. Not to mention how your team is going to pollute your style.css if the file structure is overly complicated.
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…That’s one reason why HTML 5 a mess. It’s built on a mess…

via Bruce Lawson’s personal site : HTML 5 is a mess.

David Berlow of The Font Bureau has proposed a Permissions Table for OpenType that can be implemented immediately to turn raw fonts into web fonts without any wrappers or other nonsense. If adopted, it will enable type designers to license their work for web use, and web designers to create pages that use real fonts via the CSS @font-face standard.

via Web Fonts Now, for real – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report.