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Web Typography at Scale CSS - Original resource: http://typecast.com/blog/a-more-modern-scale-for-web-typography
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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