Stir Crazy
December 9, 2005
The time has come again when I decide to make my life just that little bit harder by making design changes to the site for no apparent reason. Sure, there are reasons; they just aren’t apparent.
Clearly, this time I was achin’ for some serifs. Those who’ve been around for a while might recognize the current design as a bit of nostalgia. While all web designers do the font-family shuffle (Verdana, Times, Arial, Georgia, Lucida, rinse, repeat), it didn’t take me long to come crawling back to my old favorite, Georgia. Everything old, as they say, is new again.
I’ve also introduced drop caps with the magic of adjacent sibling selectors and pseudo-classes. One caveat, as always, is an odd display bug in Firefox that I’m still battling. If you see a drop cap with a ridiculous amount of padding, know I am developing a battle plan as we, err, I speak.
All that aside, enjoy. And please let me know if you find something I really messed up.
Update: My choices may have proved prescient, it seems. Cameron Moll writes today “I, for one, am beginning to tire of [Lucida] already much as I did Verdana a few years back, but its usage is showing no signs of slowing.” Ahead of the curve, baby.
Update: Not so fast, eh. I’m working on it.
I just have to say what a coincidence it was for me to read this post, while listening to Ray Charles singing Georgia on my mind.
By the way, I like the feel of the sligth design change.
There’s a good chance there was an element of subconscious homesickness in choosing Georgia. It is, after all, on my mind. Great to know someone appreciates the tweaks!