Note from 23 April 2023

I'm really honored to see my article about running CSS animations only if both the device and the user allow it being mentioned in the 99th episode of Stefan Judis' great Web Weekly newsletter! 🥰

Jake Archibald

Controlling when CSS custom property values are computed
- Nicolas Hoizey
- 15 September 2026
- CSS
- 2 reactions
When and how CSS custom property values are calculated might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles.
Josh W. Comeau

Scroll-Driven Animations
- Nicolas Hoizey
- 30 April 2026
- CSS, animations
- 4 reactions
The CSSWG deserves a lot of credit, in my opinion, for repurposing/extending CSS keyframe animations for scroll-driven animations. Rather than invent…
Francesco Schwarz

Overview of CSS-only scrolling shadows and content fading techniques
- Nicolas Hoizey
- 11 February 2026
- CSS
- 5 reactions
When content overflows and the scrollbar is insufficient or intentionally hidden, visual cues such as scroll shadows or fading effects signal that…
Josh Tumath

Try text scaling support in Chrome Canary
- Nicolas Hoizey
- 28 January 2026
- accessibility, em, rem, CSS
- 1 reaction
Just like how the tag tells the browser that your website is designed to work for small viewport sizes, the tells the browser, 'Hey, I've designed…
Alvin Leung, Taha Hossain, Shen Gao, Ben Giannis and Rafi Rizky

A new (or rather, old) approach to typography on the web
- Nicolas Hoizey
- 3 December 2025
- Web, typography, CSS, Design System
The strongest type systems are opinionated. They respond thoughtfully to the environment they inhabit, carrying a voice that cannot be captured by…