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Outstanding Free Hand Drawn Fonts For Your Designs

Due to its popularity in current webdesign I put together a collection of 31 impressive ‘hand drawn’ fonts.

Whilst the all-time favorite Helvetica font provides a clean and sharp look, ‘hand drawn’ fonts give your website a more personal and sometimes more interesting touch. They can be used for various elements in web as well as print design.

Most of the fonts are available under a Creative Commons License. But please make sure to check the details before using the fonts for commercial projects.

Sketch Block

sketch block

Mia’s Scribblings

mias scribblings

Rock Show Whiplash

rock show whiplash

Peixe Frito

peixe frito

3Dumb & 2Dumb

3dumb 2dumb

Bearpaw

bearpaw

FFF Tusj

fff tusj

Against Myself

against myself

The Quiet Scream

the quiet scream

WC Roughtrad Bold

wc roughtrad bta

Pointy

pointy

Pee Pants Script

pee pants script

Karabine

karabine

Sketch Rockwell

sketch rockwell

Waste of Time

waste of time

24 New and Creative Social Bookmarking Icon Sets

These days every blog has something to share or bookmark and the best way to get attention is with remarkable icons. But you don’t have to spend a lot of money to find the right icons – the best creations are free!

Here is a collection of my favorite social bookmarking icons.

Set of Social Icons

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Set of Social Icons No. 2

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Hand-drawn Social Media Icons

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3D Social Bookmarking Icons

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Web 2.0 Origami

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Cheers: a set of 12 “social” glasses

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Handycons + Handycons 2: hand drawn social media icon sets

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Rivet Social: 14 riveted brushed steel icons

Rivet Social

Social Media Icons Pack

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Function: Unique Set of Social Media Icons

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Heart: A free social icon set

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Ajax-Magic For Your Website

At first what does Ajax mean?

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), is a web development technique used for creating interactive web applications. Ajax is asynchronous, in so far as extra data is requested from the server and loaded in the background. This is intended to increase the web page’s interactivity, speed, functionality and usability. Ajax function calls are usually made in Javascript using the XMLHttpRequest object. The asynchronous content doesn’t need to be formatted in XML.

Scripts for your Website

As quite every modern website makes use of at least a bit of Ajax you may want to have a few of those cool effects for your page. So I collected the best scripts for you. All of them are free to use and easy to install.

Lightbox 2 – Lightbox is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It’s a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.

Javascript Libraries and Code-Snippets

Talking from web2.0, you think of fade effects, live form validation and other nice and often practical effects. But how are these things realized? Is it something that only professional programmer can assemble?

The only thing that would be helpful is a general understanding of Javascript and HTML. Many of the effects you may have in mind are realized by using open-source libraries or other freely available code snippets. You just have to integrate a few Javascripts and call a few functions to have a beautiful web2.0-ish effect for your website.

In my view the best library is script.aculo.us in connection with prototype.js. They are easy to understand, have a large documentation and a good community. Other libraries worth mentioning are jQuery, Dojo, MochiKit, mootools and YUI. After installing the libraries, it’s so easy to create. Make a few Ajax calls, fall back on entire functions, get some groove effects – and your code is much lighter than before! So why not try to use one of these libraries, after a bit practice you will thank yourself for taking this step.

Colorful Apple related Wallpaper

Cool Wallpaper for your Mac, made by Ben Adamson. Available in 1024×640 and 1920×1200.

Apple Wallpaper

Apple Wallpaper

Conquer the Universe Background. A galaxy wallpaper with Apple logo to honor the great birth of Leopard. Offered in 1920×1200, with and without the Apple logo.

Apple Wallpaper

Stylish Simpsons Wallpaper with a hungry Homer and a sweet Apple.

Apple Wallpaper

Free and Customizable Leopard Wallpapers. The wallpapers currently come in the following dimensions: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×960 and 1600×1200. Each of them suits a different mood.

Apple Wallpaper

Leopard (Red) and Leopard Server (Blue) Aurora Wallpaper. Both come in 1024×640 and 2560×1600.

Apple Wallpaper

Apple Wallpaper

30 Apple related wallpapers (Apple logo, MacOS, iPod) that are definitely worth a look.

Apple Wallpaper

Retro Apple logo but with a glassy modern look. The Wallpaper comes in 3 big sizes (1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200, 2560 x 1600) from which you can create all other common resolutions.