Braintactics #93 – Personal Websites, accessibility audits, CSS Grid, typography in design systems and planting trees with Ecosia.

Hi Folks,

Here’s this weeks hoard of interesting links from around the internet...

Thought provoking

Into the personal website-verse. Mattias Ott builds a great argument for why you might want to focus on your personal website.

Design and Code

Cut your forms in half by Bradley Taunt.

Ben Robertson on How to run a quick accessibility audit.

Native Lazy-loading is on its way to the browser. Erk Struwe takes A Deep Dive into Native Lazy-Loading for Images and Frames.

Michelle Barker’s series on Debugging CSS Grid will help you understand implicit tracks and the Fr(action) unit.

Typography

Mataj Latin just launched his Better Web Type blog. His latest article explores The state of fluid web typography.

Typography in Design Systems. Nathan Curtis explains how to choose fonts, set a hierarchy, and integrate type with components.

Variable fonts, Part the Second: Optical size, custom axes, and other curiosities. Jason Pamental continues his introduction to variable fonts.

Tasting East London through its fast food typography from Sarah Hyndman.

Something to watch

Is Ecosia legit? Our Changing Climate looks into whether Ecosia really plants trees for every web search you make.

Thanks for reading,
Harry

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