Browsing CSS

Disable the default inner-shadow of search inputs on the iPad Just use the simple Safari CSS extension property -webkit-appearance: caret;. (Sure the tweet says it all but have you ever tried to find a specific tweet months later?) 

Textorize Subpixel typesetting for the web. 

Thin is Still In Steve Smith finds a replacement for thinning Safari text on Snow Leopard. 

Typekit Too important for a mere mention on Twitter. 

Read PXR + Cufon = Pxfon  

Pronunciation of sIFR Not sure why the sudden interest but this has become quite the frequently asked question of late. 

Cufón A promising Canvas/VML alternative to sIFR. It’s really a shame they’d let Opera support hold up something as essential as being able to select text though. 

CSScaffold Anthony Short is building a dynamic CSS framework based on Cacheer. 

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Making Web Fonts Work Jon Tan on the current state of embedding typefaces. It never occurred to me that @font-face might incur a delay before rendering text (a common complaint against sIFR). And I had completely forgotten how rubbish ClearType is. Until anti-aliasing discrepancies between platforms can be resolved I don’t see even a standardized approach being accepted by discerning designers. Looks like we’re in for another four years of flash replacement.