{"id":92668,"date":"2026-04-06T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/?p=92668"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:21:08","slug":"weekly-news-for-designers-%e2%84%96-639","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bricktowntom.com\/blog\/04\/weekly-news-for-designers-%e2%84%96-639.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News for Designers \u2116 639"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1.envato.market\/c\/78798\/298927\/4662?subId1=weekly-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speckyboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/envato-elements-weekly-news.jpg?resize=300%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Envato Elements\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speckyboy.com\/wordpress-staging-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Tools &amp; Resources for Building a WordPress Staging Site<\/a> \u2013 Test software updates and experiment with your own staging environment.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speckyboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/weekly-news-for-designers-april-17-01.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Example from 10 Tools Resources for Building a WordPress Staging Site\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WeekToDo \u2013 Check out this privacy-focused free planner app for Windows, macOS, Linux, and your browser.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speckyboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/weekly-news-for-designers-april-17-02.jpg?resize=750%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Example from WeekToDo\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.to\/eludadev\/33-javascript-concepts-every-beginner-should-know-with-tutorials-4kao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">33 JavaScript Concepts Every Developer Should Know<\/a> \u2013 A handy reference of concepts that, sooner or later, you&#8217;ll need to know.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speckyboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/weekly-news-for-designers-april-17-03.jpg?resize=750%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Example from 33 JavaScript Concepts Every Developer Should Know\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zas Editor \u2013 A new code editor for those who write Go and Rust.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speckyboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/weekly-news-for-designers-april-17-04.jpg?resize=750%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Example from Zas Editor\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speckyboy.com\/free-wordpress-plugins-animation-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Free Plugins for Adding 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speckyboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/weekly-news-for-designers-april-17-08.jpg?resize=750%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Example from Contrast Grid\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@hannah.heinson\/atomic-2-0-d94e5601200c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atomic 2.0<\/a> \u2013 Revisiting the Atomic Design method for design systems.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speckyboy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/weekly-news-for-designers-april-17-09.jpg?resize=750%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Example from Atomic 2.0\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/22\/04\/comic-helvetic-comic-sans-and-helvetica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comic Helvetic, an Unholy Combo of Comic Sans and Helvetica<\/a> \u2013 This is what happens when you combine two well-known (and perhaps controversial) typefaces into one font.<br 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