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A quick experiment to try out new features in Safari.
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The latest builds of WebKit have added some pretty nice new CSS properties – namely rotations and embedded fonts, so I decided to have a quick play with them. I didn’t spend very long on this (rushing to get things done before Christmas) but I hope it inspires other people to start exploring these features. I know we can’t use this stuff in production sites yet, but I have a feeling that if we can come up with some truly kick-ass demonstrations we might be able to convince the other browser manufacturers that these properties are worth implementing.
I would love for someone to come up with a really good graphic novel style design, I had a go but I had no reference materials and didn’t really put in the time it deserved.
Here’s my example (Obviously it requires the latest build of WebKit to run).
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Andrew, cool example page! I’d love to see the graphic novel as well. I also agree others should start experimenting with the new CSS features. Making them visible to browser vendors would be the next step.
Did you use open-source/free fonts on your example page? I hear there a few available, but the copyrights are what’s holding back the implementation of embedding most mainstream fonts on the web (available for public download makes font shops testy).
Cheers
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Jason, all the fonts I used are available for free from http://blambot.com/
I figured it’s best to use free fonts for this kind of experimentation, don’t want to get in trouble with the big foundries.
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Jason Robb #
09:51pm, 04th January 2008