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About Rohan Ratnayake
Hi, I am Rohan Ratnayake, founder of Text Lab. After spending 5 years configuring frontend architectures and auditing websites for WCAG 2.1 compliance at mid-sized design agencies, I realized that most typography tutorials completely ignore performance.
WOFF vs. WOFF2: The Font Format Decision That’s Silently Slowing Your Site
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WOFF vs. WOFF2: The Font Format Decision That’s Silently Slowing Your Site

You've just finished converting your custom typeface, and now you're staring at a dropdown in your font tool showing both WOFF and WOFF2 as export options. You pick both, write…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-03-10
How to Build a Pure CSS Typing Effect That Actually Works (No JavaScript Required)
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How to Build a Pure CSS Typing Effect That Actually Works (No JavaScript Required)

You just finished a clean hero section. The layout is tight, the font is right, and you've got that one line of text you want to animate — letter by…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-03-05
CSS Neon Glow Hover Effects: How to Make Buttons and Links Actually Feel Alive
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CSS Neon Glow Hover Effects: How to Make Buttons and Links Actually Feel Alive

Your button changes color on hover. The border gets slightly darker. Maybe you toss in a cursor: pointer for good measure. You preview it in the browser, and it feels...…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-03-03
How to Add Text Outlines in CSS Without Breaking Your Layout (The text-shadow Method That Actually Works)
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How to Add Text Outlines in CSS Without Breaking Your Layout (The text-shadow Method That Actually Works)

You spent two hours getting that outlined heading to look perfect in Chrome. It's bold, it pops, it's exactly what the design called for. Then you open Firefox, or hand…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-02-27
The CSS Line-Height Formula That Actually Stops Readers From Getting Lost
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The CSS Line-Height Formula That Actually Stops Readers From Getting Lost

You've stared at a paragraph of body text on a screen, and halfway through the third line, your eye jumps — not to the next line, but to the one…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-02-26
How to Preload Fonts and Fix First Contentful Paint Before It Kills Your Rankings
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How to Preload Fonts and Fix First Contentful Paint Before It Kills Your Rankings

Your page feels fast. The HTML loads, the layout snaps into place — but the text just... doesn't show up. For a full second, sometimes two, your beautiful heading font…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-02-22
CSS clamp() Explained: Write Zero Media Queries and Still Get Perfect Fluid Typography
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CSS clamp() Explained: Write Zero Media Queries and Still Get Perfect Fluid Typography

You've got a heading that looks bold and readable on desktop. Then you check it on your phone and it's either crammed together like a legal disclaimer or so small…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-02-17
How to Self-Host Google Fonts and Actually Pass GDPR Compliance (The Right Way)
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How to Self-Host Google Fonts and Actually Pass GDPR Compliance (The Right Way)

Your site got flagged. A German user filed a complaint. Or maybe your lawyer forwarded you a document you didn't fully understand, but the words "third-party data transfer" were highlighted…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-02-13
CSS Font Stack Fallbacks: How to Build a System-Native Hierarchy That Never Breaks
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CSS Font Stack Fallbacks: How to Build a System-Native Hierarchy That Never Breaks

You spent three hours picking the perfect typeface for a client's website. It looks sharp in your browser, the designer approved it, and the staging site looks flawless. Then someone…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-02-07
CSS Gradient Text That Actually Looks Good: A Developer’s Guide to Background-Clip
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CSS Gradient Text That Actually Looks Good: A Developer’s Guide to Background-Clip

Your landing page headline is flat. You've tried bold fonts, you've tried oversized type, you've even played with letter-spacing — but it still looks like every other page on the…
Posted by Rohan Ratnayake 2026-02-03

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Welcome to Text Lab. We exist to cut through the bloated CSS frameworks and provide brutally honest, hands-on guides for web typography, front-end text styling, and WCAG accessibility. We don’t just rewrite generic MDN documentation; we write the actual code, break the layouts across legacy browsers, and tell you exactly how to fix the layout shifts and contrast errors that usually fail automated audits.

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