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User Interfaces for Variable Fonts

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The tools we design with have a unique effect on the way we work, constraining and empowering us while we explore, examine and create. Variable fonts give us a new, wide open typographic space with which to work. Instead of prescribing value to individual UI elements in a vacuum, we should take a hybrid and calculated approach to variable font interfaces . How do we structure our design tools to adapt to the new advantages variable fonts provide us with? Article Continues Below 3 comments Despite being ahead of their time, variable font precursors—Multiple Master and GX—didn’t see widespread adoption for several reasons—one key reason being the lack of effective user interfaces that could communicate their creative utility to designers. Since their introduction, variable fonts have moved forward quickly , landing with various degrees of experimental support across major browsers. With this comes the exciting ability for fonts to responsively adapt to different layouts and contex...

Eagle Creek Travel Bags Reviewed

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Eagle Creek No Matter What Duffel $23.41 32 Reviews Eagle Creek No Matter What Extra Large Duffel Bag Imported. Zipper closure. 14″ shoulder drop. 15″ high. Extra-large dual- zip duffel bag in durable and water-resistant Bi-Tech material. Featuring large front logo and wide compression webbing straps . Adjustable strap with removable padded shoulder . Every serious traveler needs at least one go-to, all-purpose, work horse of a duffel bag. I’ve had the same bright yellow duffel in my closet since heading to college 20+ years ago, and it just recently kicked the bucket. I thought I’d get an Eagle Creek No Matter What duffel to replace it. So far, I’m very pleased. I got the XL, which has 133 liters of space and weighs 2 pounds, 12 ounces’ empty. It’s the largest duffel they carry, and I worried it would be too much bag. Not so. In fact, this duffel has not only gone on road trips and camping trips with us, which is what I usually use duffels for, but even accompanied my teen son o...

ClearWorth Capital buys Clear Lake area apartment properties

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ClearWorth Capital has acquired The Hamptons, a 346- unit apartment complex in the Clear Lake area . Built from 1974 to 1976, the property at  16202 El Camino Real contains a mix of one, two, and three- bedroom floor plans , with an average unit size of 947 square feet . Photo: ClearWorth Capital / This image must be used within the context of the news release it accompanied. Request permission from issuer for other uses." class="landscape" /> Las Brisas apartments in the Clear Lake area . The 202-unit complex, built in 1979, is located at 707 El Dorado Blvd . about a mile northwest of The Hamptons, a 347-unit complex also acquired by ClearWorth Capital. ClearWorth Capital is a partnership comprised of the principals of Dallas- based Seneca Investments , and Houston-based NOIPM ( NOI Property Management ). Photo: ClearWorth Capital / This image must be used within the context of the news release it accompanied. Request permission from issuer for other uses....

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Developer's reputation drives interest in The Parker

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An artist's rendering of The Parker,a project from Townline in Vancouver. Supplied. [PNG Merlin Archive] PNG PNG Savvy buyers of new apartments in Metro Vancouver tend to do their research on who’s building them. Good reputations take years to develop and the people at Townline are using the company’s reputation for quality in their sales pitch for The Parker, a new 47-home development in the ever- popular Cambie corridor . Townline is a local operation that has been building homes in Vancouver since 1981. Back then, it was single-family homes, but the company has since branched out to building multi-family homes, mixed-use buildings, rental apartments and non- market developments in Metro Vancouver and on Vancouver Island. “Buyers in today’s market are increasingly choosing developments based on the reputation of the developers,” said Chris Colbeck, Townline’s vice-president of sales and marketing. “A big part of our sales pitch at The Parker is that we’re a local developer. W...