A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 343

Authors: C: Dan Cederholm

Dan Cederholm

Dan Cederholm is the founder of Simple Bits, a tiny design studio, as well as co-founder and designer of Dribbble. He plays a mean ukelele.

Articles By This Author

Understanding CSS3 Transitions

Issue 318November 16, 2010

From advanced selectors to generated content to the triumphant return of web fonts, and from gradients, shadows, and rounded corners to full-blown animations, CSS3 is a universe of creative possibilities. No one can better guide you through these galaxies than world-renowned designer, author, and CSS superstar Dan Cederholm of SimpleBits and Dribbble fame. We are delighted to present an excerpt from his new book (and the second publication from A Book Apart), CSS3 For Web Designers.

Mountaintop Corners

Issue 179April 30, 2004

Most of us have experience creating “rounded” corners by erasing pixels. It’s a rudimentary web design technique — or so we always thought. But in the hands of Dan Cederholm, author of Web Standards Solutions, this seemingly simple technique paves the way for boxes and borders that can change sizes and colors at your whim.

Making mountains out of pixels, which are even smaller than molehills

Faux Columns

Issue 167January 9, 2004

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It’s a beginning CSS designer’s nightmare and a frequently asked question at ALA: Multi-column CSS layouts can run into trouble when one of the columns stops short of its intended length. Here’s a simple solution.