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Pure CSS GUI icons (experimental) – Nicolas Gallagher

An experiment that uses pseudo-elements to create 84 simple GUI icons using CSS and semantic HTML. Shared as an exercise in creative problem solving and working within constraints. This is not a “production ready” CSS icon set.

(tags: css webdesign tutorial webdev icons gui psuedo)
Data URIs | CSS-Tricks

Did you know that you don't have to link to an external image file when using an <img> element in HTML, or declaring a background-image in CSS? You can embed the image data directly into the document with data URIs.

(tags: css css3 tips performance datauri binary base64)