Issue 123
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Issue 123
As we head into the final month of the year 24 ways is underway once again, and I've linked to the first article of the season. Keep an eye on the site for 24 interesting articles on a range of aspects of web design and development. The archives make for some fun reading too - a history of the past 12 years on the web.
An Event Apart are the lovely sponsors of the newsletter this week, and I'll be heading off to An Event Apart Denver on Friday. It's my last conference of 2017, and then I'm home for Christmas and until it all starts up again next year.
Rachel Andrew, CSS Layout News
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Cascading Web Design with Feature Queries ◆ 24 ways
It is 24 ways time again! Chen Hui Jing opens the 2017 season with a post about Feature Queries and thoughts on how to develop for browsers even if they haven't shipped certain shiny new features yet.
How the Roman Empire Made Pure CSS Connect 4 Possible | CSS-Tricks
This is great, not just layout although you'll find some Flexbox in there. I love articles that expose the thought process of the person building the demo. There is so much to explore in new CSS, and these projects are a brilliant way to discover things and learn.
Localisation and Translation on the Web
This article on localisation and translation has more to do with layout than you might first think, as it touches on logical properties such as margin-inline-start.
Controlling Ratios of Flex Items Along the Main Axis - CSS | MDN
Another of my in-depth Flexbox articles for MDN. This one explores the flex properties of flex-grow, flex-shrink and flex-basis.
Vertical typesetting with writing-mode revisited
Some excellent digging into issues surrounding Writing Modes while making a demo that enables the switching of writing mode, which exposes a whole bunch of interoperability issues.
Interesting
Web Calendar 2017 from Red Onion - made with CSS Grid
This holiday calendar contains a tip behind each door and uses CSS Grid. The code is also on CodePen if you want to have a play with it.
Iota | A responsive micro-framework for the grid spec powered by CSS custom properties
Kory Wakefield shared with me a micro framework that combines Grid and Custom Properties. It seems very nicely done - and I love the site and explanations. If you want to use a system of adding classes to elements to invoke a grid on components then have a look.
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