Namanyay Goel

Hi, I’m Namanyay Goel. I'm a programmer and a writer.

I recently moved to San Francisco to help developers ship faster & write higher quality code. My tool is used by thousands, including engineers from Google and Uber. .

  • 3 free font resources everyone should’ve bookmarked

    Fonts, fonts, fonts. It seems you can never have plenty.

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  • 5 free slab fonts from Google Web Fonts

    Slab fonts are usually thick, bold fonts, with emphasized serifs (those little flair thingys at the end of letters).

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  • Creative uses of hover and transition

    Transition allows gradual change from one state to another state. It is used with the :hover state, which gives beautiful links, buttons, and headings. This article will list a few, creative uses of transitions, which could be used to make buttons, body text, or headings look better.

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  • 3 must read web design blogs in 2012.

    Web design standards are continuously changing. You can never be a good web designer, unless you are up to date with the latest design trends. Even a month old knowledge is outdated in the field of web design. To be along with latest web trends, you need to be updated with happenings in the design world, which design blogs tell about the best. Along with keeping you up, they often include tutorials, quizzes, freebies, and go into depths of each portion (Example, Responsive Web Design, Modal boxes, F layout, and the sort).

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  • Tips for getting perfect contrast in design

    Maintaining right amount of contrast between a foreground element, and a background element is important. Contrast well done can improve the overall look to the website, and could also help to direct viewers eye path. Bad contrast on the other hand, makes the website look boring.

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  • TypeConnection tests your taste of fonts.

    Do you think of yourself an expert in fonts? Or, do you feel that you have a lot to improve on pairing fonts? TypeConnection does exactly this. It makes font testing a “game” and gets the user to make the best paired fonts go on a date. A fun concept, with great value for designers.

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  • 5 best free fonts to use on your website

    Typography is an integral part of design. Just adding decent typefaces to a design can drastically change the overall look and can change the viewers mood. Here, I’m going to show you 5, awesome fonts, that are sure to make your design better.

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