Technical
DanQ.me is powered by:
- Bloq, a set of DanQ.me-specific components providing custom functionality (I’ll aim to start open-sourcing them at some point!),
- WordPress, the world’s most-popular open source blogging software, running Q23, a custom theme
- HTML5, CSS3, and a tiny amount of Javascript
- Listmonk, the mailing list manager
Typography
Ttitles are set in Merriweather by Sorkin Type. Body text is set in Raleway by Matt McInerney, Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida.
Colours
“Brand” colours are #155a93, #1d6fb4, #95b8b8, and #c5eded.
Style Guide
I’ve not always been consistent in the application of my style guide, but – mostly for my own reference – I keep some notes here to help me do so:
- British English spelling, except when talking about technical topics that require a different dialect (most programming languages use US English spelling for keywords)
- Posts are titled in title case
- Titles of creative works such as the titles of books and films are set in italics
- If in doubt, drop the hyphen, e.g. “email”, “rewatch”, except to improve readability e.g. between double letters (“re-engage”)
- Quotation marks used in UK style (punctuation outside), unless for technical or readability reasons
- Acronyms, especially uncommon ones, marked up with
<abbr title="...">tags - No strong opinion on the “Oxford” serial comma; use it or not depending on what reads-best at the time
- Numbers one through twelve usually written longhand, larger numbers usually written in arabic digits, exceptions made to ensure “consistent” usage within a sentence
- Aim for WCAG AA accessibility