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Abbreviations Demo 2

I made a new version of my Alternative Abbreviations Demo from 2005 following the advice from Moose in the comments. Now the abbreviations appear at the top, rather than reflowing the text as before.

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Vertical Text Engine

This demo generates vertical text without using images. The code outputs one or more columns, with a few special effects possible. Since the text is not in an image, other effects may be created by tweaking the code as you see fit. Think text shadows, font-smoothing, different fonts, custom characters and anything you can imagine. [More]


A New Layout!

I've been working on this new layout for over a year. Originally it was a fixed-width design as you can see in the initial demo I made. I liked the way the menus slid out on hover. But I wanted a fluid layout... [More]


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