Typolize

Typolize provides sensible default styling for good typography on the web. It consists of a reset and customizable variables that let you create harmonious type sizing and spacing.

Customising the following variables will give a completely different feel to the proportion and scale of your site or application.

:root {
    --font-base: 16px;
    --font-ratio: 1.333;
    --line-ratio: 1.5;
    --spacing-ratio: 1;
}

Typesetting

Generating a scale is useful to create typography which shares a common derivative. Sometimes this can lack contrast so by picking out certain steps in the scale it allows you to create a more distinctive look.

Below is an example of customizing the typesetting in Typolize.

:root {
    --font-size-body: var(--font-size-0);
    --font-size-h1: var(--font-size-7);
    --font-size-h2: var(--font-size-5);
    --font-size-h3: var(--font-size-3);
    --font-size-h4: var(--font-size-2);
    --font-size-h5: var(--font-size-1);
    --font-size-h6: var(--font-size-0);
    --font-size-small: var(--font-size--1);
}

Spacing

Control spacing between type by applying margins using either the --em or --rem variable with a range between -2 and 10.

For example:

*+* {
	margin-top: var(--em-1);
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h5, h6 {
    margin-top: var(--em-3);
    margin-bottom: var(--em-2);
}

section {
    margin-top: var(--rem-4);
    margin-bottom: var(--rem-6);
}

Leading Trim

Apply leading trim to any element using --leading-trim: '', --leading-trim-over: '' or --leading-trim-under: ''.

By class

.button {
    --leading-trim: '';
}

Or selectors

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, li {
    --leading-trim: '';
}

Adjust to different fonts by setting the --cap-height which is a percentage of the font-size.

:root {
    --cap-height: 0.75;
}

See the demo for examples of it being used. Take a look at the default theme for an example of the settings.

Install

1. Download directly from a CDN using unpkg

   https://unpkg.com/typolize/dist/typolize.css
   

   Or use in your node project using the following

   npm install typolize

   Import into your stylesheet

   @import 'typolize'

2. Customize using the variables explained above

Development

To customise the output or for development purposes.

1. Download or fork the repo and install dependencies

   npm install

2. Make changes to src/typolize.css
3. Build styles

   npm run build

4. Styles are outputted to dist/typolize.css