Discoveries #2
New month, new discoveries. We will deal with key bindings, downloads on the fly, a lot of animations and contrasting images. Have fun, trying out these stunning solutions.
- tinykeys - Modern library for keybindings
- Creating files in JavaScript in your browser
- CSS Animated Google Fonts
- Skeleton Screen CSS
- More Control Over CSS Borders With background-image
- A CSS-only, animated, wrapping underline
- Nailing the Perfect Contrast Between Light Text and a Background Image
- Contrast.js
tinykeys - Modern library for keybindings
by Jamie Kylehttps://jamiebuilds.github.io/tinykeys
Very easy to use key binding library for JavaScript. Supports key sequences and modifier keys.

Creating files in JavaScript in your browser
by Kilian Valkhofhttps://kilianvalkhof.com/2020/javascript/creating-files-in-javascript-in-your-browser
Kilian shows how to prepare data in JavaScript and offer them to download on the fly, without the use of storing a file.

CSS Animated Google Fonts
by Jhey Tompkinshttps://dev.to/jh3y/animated-google-fonts-193d
As Google Fonts now supports variable fonts, Jhey shows a solution how to create neat font animations with them.

Skeleton Screen CSS
by Dmitriy Kuznetsovhttps://github.com/nullilac/skeleton-screen-css
When loading data on demand, it is sometimes advisable to show placeholders, where the data will be filled in. Dimitriy has founded a CSS framework for these skeletons.

More Control Over CSS Borders With background-image
by Chris Coyierhttps://css-tricks.com/more-control-over-css-borders-with-background-image
Borders are used to seperate things in a layout, but the build-in possibilities of CSS are restricted. Chris found a way by pimping borders up, using background images.

A CSS-only, animated, wrapping underline
by Nicky Meulemanhttps://nickymeuleman.netlify.app/blog/css-animated-wrapping-underline
As Chris did for the borders, Nick’s doing on underlined links. An end to boring rigid unterlines, let’s animate them.

Nailing the Perfect Contrast Between Light Text and a Background Image
by Yaphi Berhanuhttps://css-tricks.com/nailing-the-perfect-contrast-between-light-text-and-a-background-image
Showing text on background images can be challenging due to contrast and readability. Yaphi has developed a solution to find always the right transparent overlay to show the most of the picture, but keep the text readable. Stunning…

Contrast.js
by Misha Petrovhttps://github.com/MishaPetrov/Contrast.js
Misha addresses the same problem as Yaphi, showing text on background images, but goes a different way with his library, which is trying to find the best constrasting text color, even if the page is responsive.

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