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Baseline: a CSS framework based on HTML5

Baseline is a CSS framework that aims to be a basic typographic layout and build a simple grid system, including style for HTML forms and new HTML 5 elements.

This framework uses the font metrics to line up headlines, paragraphs, form labels and other elements on the page baseline, tending to create a nice fixed layout.

Download the zip to test the framework and see some examples.

New CSS 3 working drafts

In related news, the W3C has released two new CSS 3 working drafts: the flexible box layout module and the CSS Image Values module. You can find a short description for both on CSS3.info.

HTML 5 Reset Stylesheet

HTML 5 Doctor publishes a HTML 5 reset stylesheet, based on Eric Meyers‘ CSS Reset. The idea, as Meyer says, is to reduce browser inconsistencies in things like default line heights, margins and font sizes, and this new version was created with HTML 5 elements in mind.