50 fantastic freebies for web designers, October 2014

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October 29, 2014
50 fantastic freebies for web designers, October 2014.
thumbnailWe’re back with another fresh set of freebies for your delectation. This month we’ve included trendy fonts, icon packs, useful JS and jQuery plugins, plus some other great and handy tools. And, as always, if you think we missed one of your favorite new freebies, let us know in the comments.

Free tools icon set

A set of 15 minimal icons with tools such as hammers, brushes, screwdrivers and so on. Provided in PSD, AI and PNG formats for your convenience. free-tools-icon-set

Free sweets and desserts icon set

A delicious pack with many icons related to candies and desserts, coming in both B&W and color versions in PNG, PSD and AI formats. free-sweetsdesserts-icon-set

Free outline icons

A giant set with 12000 icons coming in a simple minimalist style with two different versions, each including their respective PSD files. 12000-free-outline-icons

20+ free flat icons

A set with over 20 icons featuring a modern, flat look. You will find social networks, media playback and web design elements in editable PSD format. 24-free-flat-icons

iPhone 6 mockup

Simple, flat styled mockups for the new Apple products: The iPhone 6 and its big brother, the iPhone 6 Plus. iphone-6-mockup

iPhone 6 Plus PSD flat mockup

A flat-styled mockup of the new iPhone 6 Plus in PSD format. iphone-6-plus-psd-flat-mockup

Rubber stamp PSD mockup

A hyper-realistic rubber stamp that you can use to display your corporate brand with style. Just put your design in the smart layer and you'll be good to go. rubber-stamp-psd-mockup

Business card template

A nice business card template with strong dark colors for a sober look, although you can always modify the included PSD. High DPI for clear printing. business-card-template

iPhone 6 and Apple watch design resources

With the introduction of a bigger screen size and a tiny new device, designers need some getting used to. These resources might make that a lot easier, though. ios-iphone-6-iwatch-design-resources

Free data visualization elements

A fantastic UI kit full of data visualization items created with Sketch and also exported to SVG and EPS formats for easy handling. free-data-visualization-elements

Watercolor logo templates

An interesting trio of logos carrying a watercolor background and hand drawings, producing a neat lo-fi, artistic appearance. watercolor-logo-templates

Bella PSD and HTML email template

Email templates are good for promoting your products and services. Bella comes in both PSD and HTML formats for your convenience. bella-free-psd-and-html-email-template

Flat mobile app UI

A kit of user interface elements to build a mobile application with a modern, flat look. flat-mobile-app-ui

Mail app template UI

A pretty template for a mailing app, making good use of dark colors, contrasting them with vibrant tones in buttons and icons, as well as good spacing between elements. mail-app-template-ui

The Amsterdam user interface

A beautiful UI kit implemented with pure code. It features a neat color palette and multiple icons, creating a very pleasant experience. the-amsterdam-user-interface

Table of contents generator

A tool for generating good looking tables of content for any area in your project. They come with modern styles and smooth animation alternatives. table-of-contents

Neythal Tamil free font

A font that resembles handwriting, featuring multiple languages and special characters. neythal-tamil-free-font

Zodiaclaw free font

A luxury font inspired in the claws of a lion. It makes for a good typeface in product titles and logos, combining traditional and modern touches. zodiaclaw-free-font

Snazzy maps

This tool enables you to add fantastic new colors to Google Maps in order to match your design better and produce a unique feel. snazzy-maps

Lottery website template PSD

An awesome lottery-oriented PSD template from the guys at Becommie. free-lottery-website-template-psd

Lithium: HTML5 one-page template

A neat single paged template with SCSS and CoffeScript files. The multiple divisions and soft animations make it easy to create interesting experiences with it. lithium-HTML5-one-page-template

Artica one-page web template

A one-page website template, perfect for portfolios or agencies that need to showcase their content. Pixel perfect design and help file included. artica-psd-one-page-web-template

Pillow WordPress theme

An organized WordPress theme aimed at interior design websites. Its simple, yet attractive look is something to appreciate. pillow-free-wordpress-theme

Goran WordPress theme

A handy multi-purpose theme that can adapt to any need. Useful for quick company sites. goran

TopMobile WordPress theme

A free WordPress theme aimed at mobiles and technology. As you'd expect, it is completely responsive. topmobile

Enigma WordPress themes

A multipurpose, responsive WordPress theme created with Bootstrap. It looks good on retina displays and offers various page layouts and page templates. enigma

Seller WordPress themes

A WooCommerce oriented WordPress theme with responsive design, slider and many more features. You can even use for non-commercial sites if you wish. seller-free-wordpress-theme

Knight theme

A classy multipurpose theme created with Bootstrap. It features elegant colors, responsive design and looks great on retina displays. knight

Lonely Bootstrap template

A simple HTML Bootstrap template created to show a short bio or contact page including animations, icons and lightboxes for images. lonely

Resto Web template

A nice restaurant template created with HTML5 and CSS3. Perfect for your business' online presence. resto

Squadfree

A neat HTML template for creatives designed with the Bootstrap 3 framework. squadfree

Daisy: Corporate Portfolio Web Template

A free responsive template with flat styling, intended to be used for corporate portfolios. As usual with W3Layouts, it comes in both HTML and PSD forms. daisy-a-corporate-portfolio-flat-bootstrap-responsive-web-template

Radial chart

A colorful set of radial charts, based on the ones seen on the Apple Watch. radial-chart

Scroll detection

A simple piece of code to detect how much the user has scrolled down a page. scroll-detection

50+ CSS3 animation effects demos

A hefty set of over 50 animation effects created with CSS3 and JavaScript. They vanish right after you check them, making for easy and organized viewing. 55-css3-animation-effects-demos

Square aperture-style menu

A checkered pattern with a button in the middle. When clicked, the pattern animates open, revealing a menu behind it. square-aperture-style-menu

Continuous scrolling background of sticky header

This concept allows the header image to keep scrolling at a slower pace one the user has gone past it. continuous-scrolling-background-of-sticky-header

Click and drag checkbox toggle

This clever code snippet allows user to select multiple checkboxes by clicking and dragging over them. click-and-drag-checkbox-toggle

Colorful CSS gradient background generator

A super useful gradient background generator that helps you create gradients with the colors you want and then gives you the full CSS code for them. colorful-css-gradient-background-generator

Mapbox

An impressive tool to create vector based maps with great customization options. mapbox

Check a site: Scan websites for quality problems

This tool allows you to enter any website and see if it has any problems. Quite useful for comparing or testing websites. check-a-site-scan-web-sites-for-over-700-quality-problems

CakeMail: Stay in touch with the people that matter

CakeMail offers a great set of tools so you can reach you customers. Give it a try and spread the word. stay-in-touch-with-people-that-matter-cakemail

jQuery alerts

Here we have a hefty package of tools to show quick information through websites or apps in classy, interactive ways. jquery-alerts

jQuery typeahead search plugin

This simple jQuery plugin aids your visitors by suggesting results depending on what they type on the search bar. jquery-typeahead-search-plugin

Hello.js

This client-side devkit enables authentication with OAuth2 while responding to well-known APIs. hellojs

Animsition: Animated page transitions

A cool jQuery plugin that makes heavy use of CSS3 in order to produce impressive animated page transitions that affect the whole website. animsition-a-simple-and-easy-jquery-plugin-for-css-animated-page-transitions

Barque font

A stylish, original and totally free typeface for commercial or personal projects. barquee-free-typeface

Prezento: jQuery plugin to showcase your website designs

This jQuery plugin allows you to show your creations to the web, offering multiple viewing techniques and mockups for responsive designs. prezento-a-jquery-plugin-to-showcase-your-web-designs

CSS & jQuery image comparison slider

A tool that lets you compare two images by moving a slider in ''before and after'' fashion. css-jquery-image-comparison-slider

Juan Pablo Sarmiento

Founder of iconShock (high quality free icon sets), DesignShock (lots of design packs and TemplateShock (printing templates)

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