Pullquotes are quotes from your text that remind on quotes you find im magazines that emphazise an important message. There is no special reason for this small update, but since the start of this blog pullquotes were on my mind, but not knowing how to do it left this neat little gadget out of the blog. Asking a big search engine is the easiest way to find information these days and it came with a statisfaction guranteed.
The code has been updated and my CSS understanding has grown a bit. This article will help you to create some nice looking pullquotes yourself. The real power of Pullquotes is that they emphazise someting you have written and improve the visuals of your otherwise long and boring looking text and without the need for additional images.
Want some? Create them yourself!
Creating pullquotes is amazingly easy. It takes a few minutes of understanding the code and a few more minutes to get it working. Here are some really helpful sites & tutorials about pullquotes.
- Article at html dog gives a good overview to create good looking pullquotes.
- Blogsolids article is a really simple way to implement blockquotes, and is the base I used to create the pullquotes on this site.
- Shape Shed’s article is a good read in case you want to add quotation marks at the beginning and end of your pullquote.
- Another very short, and really easy way to create pullquotes can be found at Jamus Design
- Probably one of the best list’s to quote designs is compiled by smashing magazine
Don’t wait, create your own blockquotes and enjoy the fresh touch you can add to your blog or website.
