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Welcome to my site. I am Gill Farley, an interaction designer and front end developer. When I am not working I can usually be found on the soccer pitch or trying to stand up on a surfboard at one of Australia's lovely beaches.

 

About

Originally coming from a creative background I have been working in the digital media industry for over 8 years. I specialise in designing and building websites which are both attractive and usable (yes, you can have both!) and I have worked for a variety of clients including Visa, Lighterlife, Medibank, Borders and the NHS. My key skills lie with analysing, understanding and testing the user experience through running workshops and usability testing sessions. As well as design, I am also proficient at developing in HTML, CSS and jQuery, and I have worked with both.NET and PHP based CMS.

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Web fonts; dev experience vs user experience

Posted by Admin | Posted in HTML/CSS, UX | Posted on 02-05-2011

The use of fonts online have made some big steps recently, long gone are the days where us designers had the choice of a handful of fonts guaranteed to work cross browser and everything else was done as an image replacement. Thanks to a variety of services and technologies we have the opportunity to use a whole selection of fonts, although each of these comes with its own list of pros and cons.

When I am building a website there are certain solutions that make make my life as a developer easier, however these solutions are not always the best option for a users point of view. Below is a review, from my own experience, of the different font solutions available. Read the rest of this entry »

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