http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_border.asp Basics of using the border element
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/tutorials/css/slopes Using borders to produce angled shapes
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/ Select Tutorial
http://www.brainjar.com/css/using/ Overview of CSS Style Sheets; including review of selectors
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200509/css_21_selectors_part_1/ Complete list of Selectors, in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200509/css_21_selectors_part_2/ Complete list of Selectors, in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200509/css_21_selectors_part_3/ Complete list of Selectors, in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
http://perishablepress.com/press/2010/05/04/top-5-css-shorthand-properties/ CSS shorthand
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1061-why-we-skip-photoshop Skipping Photoshop and doing direct prototyping in CSS
http://24ways.org/2009/make-your-mockup-in-markup Make your mockup in Markup
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/just_build_it_html_prototyping_and_agile_development/ Benefits of direct HTML prototyping
http://informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-all-about-typography-period/ 95% of Web Design is Typography
http://informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-all-about-typography-partii/ 95% of Web Design is Typography, Part 2. See the sections on: 'why usability gurus fail,' and 'common art school graduate's mistakes'
http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html common fonts on Mac and PC and their differences in display
http://www.inspirationbit.com/striking-web-sites-with-font-stacks-that-inspire/ Font stack suggestions
http://www.typechart.com Tool for visualizing type choices
http://www.typetester.org Another tool for visualizing type choices
http://grid.mindplay.dk/ Grid design tool
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2008/12/7-free-tools-to-identify-a-font/ Tools to ID a font
http://typesites.com/ Examples of web sites with great font design
http://lamb.cc/typograph/ GREAT site on typographic scale
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/27/css-typographic-tools-and-techniques/ Smashing Magazine Type Tools and Techniques
http://www.kyleschaeffer.com/best-practices/css-font-size-em-vs-px-vs-pt-vs/ CSS font size
http://css-tricks.com/css-font-size/ CSS font size
http://www.elsid.co.za/download/css_fontsizes.htm Examples of font sizes
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingKeywords sizing with keywords
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingPixels Sizing with Pixels; also see the references on Monitor Resolution
http://f6design.com/journal/2006/07/14/relative-font-sizing-made-easy/ Relative font sizing with %; explains the IE sizing fix
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/relative/ Relative Font Sizing
http:// css- discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingPercentages Percentage-based sizing
http://css- discuss. incutio.com/?page=UsingEms EMs for font sizing [and div sizing]
http://clagnut.com/blog/348/ EM sizing
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/settingtypeontheweb Extending it to a BASELINE GRID • BE SURE TO READ THIS•
http://riddle.pl/emcalc/ Em calculator tool; will calculate inheritance
http://pxtoem.com/ Pixel to em calculator
http://jameswhittaker.com/journal/em-based-layouts-vertical-rhythm-calculator/ Vertical rhythm calculator
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/02/fixed-vs-fluid-vs-elastic-layout-whats-the-right-one-for-you/ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIXED and FLUID LAYOUTS
http://www.alistapart .com/articles/elastic Em-based layout article • BE SURE TO READ THIS•
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/07/retro-and-vintage-in-modern-web-design/ CSS Smashing Magazine article on Retro design. Reference for the Retro project
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/14/30-beautiful-vintageretro-photoshop-tutorials/ How to create retro looks in Photoshop
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/26/retro-and-vintage-typography-showcase/ How to create retro looks using Typography
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/29/grunge-style-in-modern-web-design/ How to create grunge design looks, part I
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/11/the-secrets-of-grunge-design/ How to create grunge design looks
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/23/50-beautiful-blog-designs/ Blog design
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/09/textures-and-patterns-design-showcase/ Textures and pattern repeats
http://psdtuts.com/category/tutorials/ Tutorials, including for Grunge and 80's retro; also see 'Freebees' section for textured patterns
Also see 'tutorials' on Smashing Magazine for special tutorials on grunge, retro, textures and pattern effects
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/layouts/category/C13/ Liquid layouts [note: these pages mix 'liquid/fluid' layouts which are %-based and 'elastic' layouts which are em-based]
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/18/7-principles-of-clean-and-optimized-css-code/ Making your code clean
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/05/10/70-expert-ideas-for-better-css-coding/ Workflow and good practices