I decided I could/should start sharing new icons as I add them to the Susty Icons set.

For absolutely no reason at all, I got up this morning and felt a desire to make a peace symbol. Then, obviously, I was thinking about flags.

#SustyIcons #sustainablewebdev #sustyweb #sustywebdev

Oh wait, I forgot to show light and eco mode in action, and the tooltip...

There ya go.

#ecomode #sustainablewebdev #sustainableweb #digitalsustainability #darkmode #responsivedesign

Nothing is hard, because I was using code blocks for everything. As a friend said, I was clearly ready to leave my stripped-down version of Oxygen to behind. But ultimately, I'm ready to leave WordPress and Static Site Generators behind.

<strong>Truly #sustainablewebdev is static.</strong>

How to subset a variable font Professional fonts can contain a lot characters you will never use, increasing file size uncessarily. These characters can be removed by subsetting a font. This post explains how to subset fonts from ...

Hat tip to @alexdawsonuk.bsky.social for highlighting this tool to subset even variable fonts: clagnut.com/blog/2418

Font Squirrel was breaking variable fonts.

I identified the most sustainable variable Google Fonts this evening and will write it up soon.

#sustainablewebdev #webdev #greenwebdev

Free can beat crappy web design: how to DIY a basic website Doing it yourself can be better than hiring the wrong professional. On Economic Blackout Day, learn some DIY web design for sustainablity and reliability.

If you’re making a website, think #sustainability! Say no to Wix, SquareSpace, Elementor, Divi, WP Bakery, and so on. Ban JPEG from your vocabulary!

Not everyone has the budget for a pro, so I made this guide.

#webdev #sustainablewebdev #greenwebdev #WordPress

codewordcreative.com/free-can-bea...

What do you mean I'm a perfectionist obsessed with squeezing every last excess byte out of SVGs?

I display the current KB count as of last check on every page on codewordcreative.com.

The result is this

#sustainablewebdev #greenwebdev #webdev #sustainability #perfectionism #whyisthissosatisfying

WordPress nerdiness/rant about theme-based builders:

I've been doing all sorts of #sustainablewebdev optimisations on my existing #Wordpress website lately, aiming to cut Oxygen Builder down to its barest bones. Essentially resulting in a custom-coded experience (which, okay, it largely is)...

A set of four dithered images of the Latin Quarter in Galway Ireland. The top left is full color, the top right is black and white, the bottom left is green purple and blue, and the bottom right is dark and light purple if red, yellow, and blue accents.

Despite all of the terribleness, I am thankful to be teaching a class on creative technologies during climate crisis right now. Today we are covering the ecological and aesthetic potentials of dithering.

#creativetech #climatechange #dithering #sustainablewebdev