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Created December 2, 2012 07:33
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jQuery Plugin to resize text to fit container
(function($) {
$.fn.textfill = function(maxFontSize) {
maxFontSize = parseInt(maxFontSize, 10);
return this.each(function(){
var ourText = $("span", this);
function resizefont(){
var parent = ourText.parent(),
maxWidth = parent.width(),
fontSize = parseInt(ourText.css("fontSize"), 10),
multiplier = maxWidth/ourText.width(),
newSize = (fontSize*(multiplier));
ourText.css("fontSize", maxFontSize > 0 && newSize > maxFontSize ? maxFontSize : newSize );
}
$(window).resize(function(){
resizefont();
});
resizefont();
});
};
})(jQuery);
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