Vol_9.1.25

We curate web design resources.

Gene Crawford
September 01, 2025

Website of the week:

Casa Italiana Zerilli

How to draw a Space Invader
I recently made the Space Invader Generator for Creative Coding Amsterdam code challenge. I made it for fun of course... and galactic domination too! You can see how it looks below and in this post I'll show you how it works using an interactive animation. https://muffinman.io/blog/invaders/

EPSON MX-80 Fonts
The EPSON MX-80 printer was a commercially successful product in the early 1980s. It was often used to print type in programs in computer magazines in the 1980s. These fonts are therefore useful for retro printout simulation or program listings on web pages and in documentation. https://mw.rat.bz/MX-80/

Web and logo design for Harvest Strategies
Although we are better known for our infographics and data visualization, 5W works on many other types of projects including graphic design, web design and development, and animations. A good example is the website and logo design we just finished for Harvest Strategies. https://5wgraphicsblog.com/

Another article about centering in CSS
The tired old meme that centering in CSS is “impossible” has never been so irrelevant. In fact, I’d argue there’s almost too many options now.
https://piccalil.li/blog/another-article-about-centering-in-css/

5 Useful CSS functions using the new @function rule
https://una.im/5-css-functions/

Why I’m Writing Pure HTML & CSS in 2025
Imagine a web page that loads instantly, deploys effortlessly, and never needs a security update. I’m using pure HTML and CSS to accomplish all that and to build things in a fraction of the time.
https://joeldare.com/why-im-writing-pure-html-and-css-in-2025

Why semantic HTML still matters
omewhere along the way, we forgot how to write HTML – or why it mattered in the first place.
https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/why-semantic-html-still-matters/

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