bettertext.css

Improved typography styles for naked HTML (without any classnames) and Markdown-generated content. Demo page

Install

npm install bettertext.css --save-dev

bower install bettertext.css --save

or use compiled version from CDN

• https://unpkg.com/bettertext.css@latest/bettertext.css  
• https://unpkg.com/bettertext.css@latest/bettertext.min.css  
• https://unpkg.com/bettertext.css@latest/bettertext.min.css.map

Usage in HTML

Insert bettertext.css after normalize.css and after your @font-face declaration.

Or include bettertext.less into your project styles.

Default values

Component has global mixin with settings named .bettertext-settings(); and global variable bettertext which contains all the code.

Default settings:

.bettertext-settings() {

    //settings
    @fz: 16px;                         // default font-size in px
    @rythm: 24px;                      // vertical rythm = line-height in pixels
    @fz-small: 12px;                   // smaller font-size (px)
    @linel: 50rem;                     // max-width for text (any css value)
    @font-body: sans-serif;            // body
    @font-headers: sans-serif;         // headers
    @font-code: monospace, monospace;  // code (duplication is intentional)
    @scale1: 1.125;                    // header size multiplier for small screens
    @scale2: 1.250;                    // header size multiplier for large screens

    // margin for body, articles and sections (any css value)
    @structure-margin: ~"calc(24px + 3vw)" 5vw;

    // breakpoint to switch from 'mobile' to 'desktop'
    @bettertext-breakpoint: ~"(min-width: 768px)";

    //calculations
    // ...
}

Usage in LESS

Running with default parameters:

@import (less) "node_modules/bettertext.css/bettertext.less";

Setting up basic parameters:

@import (less) "node_modules/bettertext.css/bettertext.less";

.bettertext-settings() {

    //settings
    @fz: 16px;                          // default font-size
    @font-body: 'Arial', sans-serif;    // body
    @font-headers: 'Georgia', serif;    // headers

    @bettertext-breakpoint: ~"(min-width: 50em)"; // large screens starts from that value

}

Deep customization: you able to redefine any formula in calculation section inside bettertext-settings mixin.

@import (less) "node_modules/bettertext.css/bettertext.less";

.bettertext-settings() {

    //settings
    @fz: 16px;                          // default font-size
    @font-body: 'Arial', sans-serif;    // body
    @font-headers: 'Georgia', serif;    // headers

    @bettertext-breakpoint: ~"(min-width: 50em)"; // large screens starts from that value

    //redefining header margin-top
    @h1-mt: 3em;
    @h2-mt: 2.5em;
    @h3-mt: 2em;
    @h4-mt: 1.5em;
    @h5-mt: unit((2 * @lh * @fz / @h5-fz), em);
    @h6-mt: unit((2 * @lh * @fz / @h6-fz), em);
}

Customizing without LESS

If you are not using LESS on your project you can fork and customize bettertext.css on codepen: adjust settings with your parameters, test with your HTML or Markdown, press "View Compiled" and grab compiled CSS.

License