Handy Web Design Tools


Typography and Font Tools


Bit Font Maker - Online bitmap fonts editor
Font Struct - Create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes
Fontifier - Use your own handwriting for the text
Typechart - Quickly evaluate an assortment of web typography
Typetester - Application for comparison of the fonts for the screen
Font Tester - Free online font comparison tool

Markup and Content Tools


templatr - Web application for creating web page templates
HTML Ipsum - Provides you with the standard Latin text already in HTML tags
GoldenRatioCalculator - Calculates the golden ratio for your designs
Dummy Text Generator - Create dummy text for all your layout needs
CSS Text Wrap - Easily make HTML text wrap in shapes other than just a rectangle
Designer Plaything - Experiment with different web typography and color combinations
Wellstyled Color Scheme Generator - Web tool that helps designers produce color themes
CSSTXT - Web tool for generating CSS style rules for web typography
Kotatsu – a simple html table generator
CSS Font and Text Style Wizard - Experiment with font and text styles and generate sample CSS style source
CSS Type Set - Experiment with different styles and attributes, it’ll generate the appropriate CSS code for you

Graphical Tools


Favicon Generator - Create your own custom favicons for free
BGPatterns - Web tool for generating tiled patterns
Tartan Designer - For scottish lovers and fancy designers
pixlr - Web-based image editor with a Photoshop-like user interface
kuler Create - Web-based application by Adobe that helps you create and share color themes

Testing site layout and structure


Crossbrowsertesting (free/commerical) - Allows website designers to test the cross browser compatibility of their website
BrowserShots (free) - Make screenshots of any web page available on the Internet
Browsercam - The most featurerich screen capture services available
W3C Link Checker (free) - Handy tool for checking if all links on you web pages are valid
Markup Validation Service (free) - Validate your site with the W3C Markup Validator