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Web Typography at Scale CSS - Original resource: http://typecast.com/blog/a-more-modern-scale-for-web-typography
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body { | |
font-size: 100%; | |
} | |
body, | |
caption, | |
th, | |
td, | |
input, | |
textarea, | |
select, | |
option, | |
legend, | |
fieldset, | |
h1, | |
h2, | |
h3, | |
h4, | |
h5, | |
h6, | |
.h1, | |
.h2, | |
.h3, | |
.h4, | |
.h5, | |
.h6 { | |
font-size-adjust: 0.5; | |
} | |
body { | |
font-size: 1em; | |
/* equivalent to 16px */ | |
line-height: 1.25; | |
/* equivalent to 20px */ | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 43.75em) { | |
body { | |
font-size: 1em; | |
/* equivalent to 16px */ | |
line-height: 1.375; | |
/* equivalent to 22px */ | |
} | |
} | |
h1, | |
.h1 { | |
font-size: 2em; | |
/* 2x body copy size = 32px */ | |
line-height: 1.25; | |
/* 45px / 36px */ | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 43.75em) { | |
h1, | |
.h1 { | |
font-size: 2.5em; | |
/* 2.5x body copy size = 40px */ | |
line-height: 1.125; | |
} | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 56.25em) { | |
h1, | |
.h1 { | |
font-size: 3em; | |
/* 3x body copy size = 48px */ | |
line-height: 1.05; | |
/* keep to a multiple of the 20px line height and something more appropriate for display headings */ | |
} | |
} | |
h2, | |
.h2 { | |
font-size: 1.625em; | |
/* 1.625x body copy size = 26px */ | |
line-height: 1.15384615; | |
/* 30px / 26px */ | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 43.75em) { | |
h2, | |
.h2 { | |
font-size: 2em; | |
/* 2x body copy size = 32px */ | |
line-height: 1.25; | |
} | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 56.25em) { | |
h2, | |
.h2 { | |
font-size: 2.25em; | |
/* 2.25x body copy size = 36px */ | |
line-height: 1.25; | |
} | |
} | |
h3, | |
.h3 { | |
font-size: 1.375em; | |
/* 1.375x body copy size = 22px */ | |
line-height: 1.13636364; | |
/* 25px / 22px */ | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 43.75em) { | |
h3, | |
.h3 { | |
font-size: 1.5em; | |
/* 1.5x body copy size = 24px */ | |
line-height: 1.25; | |
} | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 56.25em) { | |
h3, | |
.h3 { | |
font-size: 1.75em; | |
/* 1.75x body copy size = 28px */ | |
line-height: 1.25; | |
} | |
} | |
h4, | |
.h4 { | |
font-size: 1.125em; | |
/* 1.125x body copy size = 18px */ | |
line-height: 1.11111111; | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 43.75em) { | |
h4, | |
.h4 { | |
line-height: 1.22222222; | |
/* (22px / 18px */ | |
} | |
} | |
blockquote { | |
font-size: 1.25em; | |
/* 20px / 16px */ | |
line-height: 1.25; | |
/* 25px / 20px */ | |
} | |
@media (min-width: 43.75em) { | |
blockquote { | |
font-size: 1.5em; | |
/* 24px / 16px = */ | |
line-height: 1.45833333; | |
/* 35px / 24px */ | |
} | |
} |
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