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Using fonts as graphic elements
For Photoshop users, they have plenty of brushes that can be used in their design. Some brushes are just plain image/drawing/illustration - so they can use it without having to draw them separately. But for those who are not using Photoshop - like myself, a Fireworks user - we don’t have much options, except for vectors or by creating it ourselves.
Another alternative is to use fonts. Yes, font. Fonts are not just for text anymore since there are a lot of fonts consist of graphic illustrations or drawing or even scanned pictures. Fonts can be resized to be very huge or small - so it works much like vectors. Here are some useful and nice fonts that you can use as your graphic elements:
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Ondrej Ctvrtek
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Fixed footer design
Fixed footer design can be very attractive if a website designer could pull it off correctly - especially with the help of some well-designed PNG graphics. If you are not sure on how to code for a cross-browser fixed footer, you can try this method.
Examples
DivVoted. User can minimize/maximize this nicely designed ‘island’. -
Showcase: Twitter status design
Twitter is awesome. A lot of people love it - and they put their twitter shout outs or twitter status on their blog, for micro blogging or as a small update or for whatever reasons. Here are some twitter status designs compiled from some great websites out there.
The showcase
