Archive for January, 2008

HTML5 And Internet Explorer 7 Hacks

31 January 2008

Assuming that it’ll be a while before most browsers attempt to implement most of HTML 5 (a perfectly reasonable assumption) we need to start thinking of ways to tackle the creation and rendering of HTML 5 components in the meantime. Obviously, using the tools of JavaScript and CSS a lot can be accomplished.

<html>
<head>
<style>blah { color: red; }</style>
<script>document.createElement(“blah”)</script>
</head>
<body>
<blah>Hello!</blah>
</body>
</html>

“Using some basic CSS, and a single JavaScript DOM statement, we’ve now implemented at least part of the HTML 5 spec. While it won’t solve everything, it is a promising technique, at the very least.”

Be The Dungeon Master

30 January 2008

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How to be the Dungeon Master using only JavaScript and CSS? James Edwards explains how. It would be a nice touch for a top-down RPG game like Dawn.

The essence of our maze script lies in our ability to create a three-dimensional perspective from a two-dimensional map. But before we can make sense of how the perspective works, we must look at the map — or, as I’ll refer to it from now on, the floor plan.

The floor plan is a matrix that defines a grid with rows and columns. Each square in the floor plan contains a four-digit value that describes the space around that square — whether it has a wall or floor on each of its four sides. As we’ll see in a moment, we’ll use a 1 or a 0 for each of the four digits.

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O'Reilly And Me

29 January 2008

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More Branding Research

29 January 2008

Nothing reflects a CEO’s ideas and strategies more than the company he leads. And nothing offers a quicker glimpse of an organization’s image than its logo. So it comes as no surprise that last year’s corporate branding and re-branding served a broad range of chief executives’ strategic purposes. New leaders often expressed their presence with a broad change, while veteran CEOs brushed away cobwebs to create a fresh start. Some trademarks were born from mergers, some from acquisitions; many were simply attempts at renewing a brand. So how successful were the most recent crop of logos—and, consequently, CEOs—at accomplishing their new missions? Some more than others.

This is exactly what intend to do. As my main web site changed design, the corporate identity process stalled. It even went back. I’m still working on creating the manual, so stay in the neighbourhood. Or read some interesting documents:

Implementation Checklist
Corporate Identity Process Charts

and also take a look at the following vehicle branding guidelines, as I find it very interesting:

Vehicle Branding

These documents are the property of their respective owners. No copyright infringement is intended by placing them on my blog.

Glossary Of Common Visual Identity Terms

29 January 2008

Approval proof (contract proof, match print, or propriety names like “cromalin” or “Fuji”): a full color proof shown to approve a project before making printing plates, and used to check color accuracy while on press.

Aqueous coating: a liquid coating applied to a sheet as it comes off the press. This protects the page from scuffing, and immediately seals the ink, allowing for immediate bindery. Normally available in mat, satin and gloss finishes. Aqueous coating is normally a flood coating.

Bindery (also called finishing): the act of completing any printed material after it comes off the printing press, this may include folding, gluing, stitching, binding and collating.

Bleed: design elements extend to the edge of the page after it is trimmed. Requires additional image beyond final size on pre-trimmed art.

Bleed (2): the extra image needed to safely reproduce an image to the edge of the publication. This will be larger than the trim size.

Blue Line: a blue-print made directly from the film or digital printing files, intended to check the accuracy of page layout more than color. Often folded into a mock up of the finished & trimmed piece.

Caption: the text related to a photo or illustration. A caption is often positioned under or to the side of the photo or illustration. In the case of a photo, it is called a “photo caption”. For an illustration, it is usually just called the “caption”.

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