Those of us who work in creative fields tend to need to return to the wells of inspiration for a bit of a recharge for our imagination. In these times we turn to many, many different areas, looking for anything to spark those creative fires once again so that we can enthusiastically charge back into the proverbial fray. Hopefully with enough juice to punch through any of those roadblocks that may have been in our way when we went in search of inspiration.

In this post we are going to be focusing our inspirational radar in the

Posted On: 26 Apr, 2011

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Typography is one of the very important aspects to consider when designing a website. Well-written content finds its actual place and praise only then when it is placed properly in readable and as well as attractive format. Web typography can embrace everything from calligraphy to digital type — it is not only about using an array of fonts, but also focusing on the ‘where’ and ‘why’ when choosing a particular font’s size and color. Here are some of many examples of beautiful, interesting and inspiring typography-related sites out there. Please share with us other sites you’ve found typo-riffic!

Posted On: 27 Mar, 2011

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As we all know, a lot of complicated CSS code snippets had to be used back then when you simply wanted to achieve a rounded corner, and even had to use JavaScript for simple animations. But since the coming out of CSS3, life has become a lot easier.

In this post we provide you with a great collection you can always turn back to; whether you’re a pro and haven’t seen that particular tutorial yet, or a beginner who has newly discovered their love for CSS3. Either way, please feel free to mention tutorials that were missed

Posted On: 07 Feb, 2011

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By Graham Smith

In another free font exclusive on Noupe, we present Tribbon, a tasty layered ‘ribbon’ style font created by Dominic Le-Hair. It has taken a few weeks of communications with Dominic to finally arrive with a interesting concept in font design. Tribbon is a working ‘ribbon’ style font, that consists of several layers and is available as a free download below. Tribbon is available in both TTF and OTF font formats.

Dominic also designed the popular ‘Clipper‘ font.

Posted On: 10 Dec, 2010

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By Callum Chapman

Searching for new fonts, whether they be serif, sans-serif or script fonts can take a ridiculously long time – time that should probably be spent working. This round-up showcases a great selection of script fonts to use in your latest design projects. Most of the fonts are premium fonts from as low as 8.95 USD, although there are a few free fonts among the pack.

We are proud to present to you fonts such as Memoriam (from 19.95 USD), Bello (from 60.00 USD) and ILS Script (free for personal and commercial use) as well as many, many

Posted On: 10 Dec, 2010

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By Paul Viluda

The word “calligraphy” is derived from two Greek words, denoting “beautiful writing”. Calligraphy or the art of writing has thousands of years in its history and development, and indeed calligraphy fonts, which we often use these days on our PCs to create a postcard or a wedding invitation card, are absolutely about aesthetics, refinement, creativity, and pure beauty.

Below is the selection of a dozen of calligraphy free fonts, you can easily download from the Internet and use for your own uniquely beautiful projects.

Young Love ES

Fine,

Posted On: 10 Dec, 2010

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Typography obviously belongs to the cohort of the fine arts, where even the smallest details and elements are meaningful and can influence the overall perception of the final creation, whether it is a picture or a text, printed with a particular typeface. In terms of fonts design, serifs are those tiny elements, which add a particular character to a typeface, contributing to the unique feel and look every font is characterized with.

By definition, serifs are the small lines or strokes at the ends of the main strokes of the letters in a particular font. Sometimes, serifs are also descriptively

Posted On: 10 Dec, 2010

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Typography is everywhere across the Web, so many different applications and missions all relying on their chosen fonts to cleanly and legibly convey the bulk of our web-based projects over to our readers. However, from time to time, we notice a wrench thrown into the works, gumming things up and interfering with our message transfers. This is something that as designers and developers for the web, that we have undoubtedly experienced, and something that today, we are here with some tips to hopefully prevent from happening again.

If you are unprepared for all of the interactions,

Posted On: 10 Dec, 2010

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With version three of CSS, many exciting features will be implemented. CSS3 leads to greater flexibility and makes it much easier to recreate previously complex effects. Many time-saving rules are being thought up for CSS3: text-shadow, box-sizing, opacity, multiple backgrounds, border-radius, border-image ,multi-column layout, etc…

Although only the most modern browsers currently support these effects, it’s still fun to see what’s around the corner!

In this post we will take a look at some interesting properties of CSS3 that you can put into practice in your website designs today.

CSS3 supports more color and a

Posted On: 10 Dec, 2010

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Many exciting new functions and features are being thought up for CSS3: text-shadow, box-sizing, opacity, multiple backgrounds, border-radius, border-image, etc…

CSS3 leads to greater flexibility and makes it much easier to recreate previously complex effects. Not all current browsers support CSS3, but it is however possible to create equivalent effects and serve it with the power of jQuery.

This article presents 5 CSS3 techniques which can dramatically get you a stunning user interfaces and how to achieve almost the same effects using jQuery for browsers that are not compatible yet with CSS3 new features.

Posted On: 10 Dec, 2010

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