Typography has been around for Centuries if not Millennia. It has played a major role in communication and a world without type can be extremely hard to comprehend. Ever since the first letter was punched, typography has advanced significantly. There are now a number of different styles and fonts to choose from, that almost anyone can use on their website or magazine/book. The type of style I will be looking at today is Slab Serif. I have recently noticed a increase in popularity in this style so I thought I would collect a few of my favorite fonts and typefaces and share them with you today.

Do you have a business card? How about a vCard? Not to long ago a exceptional interface design called Tim Van Damme decided to make an online business card. A website that says a little about him, the sites he has accounts on how to contact him. With a beautiful design and slick animations, Tim inspired many to create their own vCards. Today, I have showcased 44 vCard designs that I hope inspire you to make your own! If you have one and it is not included in this list, leave a comment, I would love to see it!

As Christmas draws closer, I thought I would give a few things away to my awesome readers! Today, I have decided to give away a copy of the infamous Smashing Book produced by the guys over at Smashing Magazine and written by the design community. A paperbook book filled with 313 pages of web design goodness.

UPDATE: Competition is now over, thanks to all who entered Winner has been announced here.

After Engadget redesigned their website a few weeks ago, I noticed how their sidebar contained some unique methods of displaying posts. A nice featured posts section, a fancy calendar and an awesome most commented, digg and twitter section. Using the amount of comments to determine the width and having each post a different color to produce a rainbow, I thought was an awesome idea. So I had a go at making the most commented section for CreativityDen. It turned out pretty well, so I decided to share it with you! All credit goes to Code and Theory.

This week features five awesome portfolios. I would like to thank Jami Beaton for informing me of Adhemas Batista’s outstanding portfolio design. I hope these portfolio designs inspire you to learn and try something new this week!

I’m a big fan of pixel perfect design. So much so that whenever I visit MetaLab’s website my jaw drops in awe. The attention to detail is unbelievable. So I tried to replicate the style by designing a pixel perfect navigation menu. I was surprised at how easy it was to produce replicate , it’s because of this that I decided to write up my process. If you’re into this type of design then I strongly recommend reading this tutorial. It should definitely get you on the right track.

There were so many great articles posted this month. From tutorials to fantastic web design advice the community has definitely be producing some high quality content worth reading. I especially enjoyed reading how to create an iconic logo design and 6 Ways To Take Your Webdesign From Good To Great. Thanks goes out to all the authors of these excellent posts.

Everywhere we go we see transparent objects. So why not implement transparency in web design? If you’ve just made the best background ever but have to cover it all up with content, then why not make that content slightly transparent? Transparency is great for adding depth to a website. The more transparent an area is, the more it seems closer to the area behind it. This can be used to a web designer’s advantage.

From time to time it’s nice to try something different. A typical website layout may have an awesome design but nothing truly creative. Positioning is a vital part to web design. From where you put the navigation menu to the area dedicated to twitter, correct positioning is essential for a good user experience. So, some web designers have taken a step back and thought, I need this area to be permanently displayed but not these other areas. Whilst writing this I find myself wondering why all navigational menus are not permanently displayed. Surely, if you had the ability to go to another page without scrolling, this would lead to much faster browsing?

Time to whip CreativityDen back into shape! Starting off with some amazing logos. I don’t know what it is about identity and branding but I just can’t get enough of these logos. Everyone I see makes me want to boot up illustrator and start drawing. Unfortunately when staring at the screen for 10 minutes I realize the difficulty in brainstorming, preparing, drawing and choosing what colours and typefaces to use.