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Musical Typography - a Sass resource for calculating typographic ratios from the musical scale
/* http://24ways.org/2011/composing-the-new-canon/ !*/
// Need to write cent calculator so that the font-size for the notes can all be based on cents
$note-small: ( font-size: 0.850, line-height: 1, padding-top: 0.75, padding-bottom: 0.25, font-weight: normal, font-style: normal);
$note-unison: ( font-size: 1.000, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.75, padding-bottom: 0.25, font-weight: normal, font-style: normal);
$note-second-minor: ( font-size: 1.067, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.60, padding-bottom: 0.40, font-weight: normal, font-style: normal);
$note-second: ( font-size: 1.125, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.60, padding-bottom: 0.40, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-third-minor: ( font-size: 1.200, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.60, padding-bottom: 0.40, font-weight: normal, font-style: normal);
$note-third-major: ( font-size: 1.250, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.55, padding-bottom: 0.45, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-fourth-perfect: ( font-size: 1.330, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.50, padding-bottom: 0.5, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-fourth-augmented: ( font-size: 1.414, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.55, padding-bottom: 0.45, font-weight: bold, font-style: italic);
$note-fifth-diminished: ( font-size: 1.414, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.55, padding-bottom: 0.45, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-fifth-perfect: ( font-size: 1.500, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.47, padding-bottom: 0.54, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-sixth-minor: ( font-size: 1.620, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.38, padding-bottom: 0.6, font-weight: normal, font-style: normal);// 6th min is off?
$note-sixth-major: ( font-size: 1.667, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.35, padding-bottom: 0.65, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-seventh-minor: ( font-size: 1.778, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.41, padding-bottom: 0.59, font-weight: normal, font-style: normal);
$note-seventh-major: ( font-size: 1.875, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.25, padding-bottom: 0.75, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-octave: ( font-size: 2.000, line-height: 2, padding-top: 0.22, padding-bottom: 0.75, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-ninth-minor: ( font-size: 2.134, line-height: 3, padding-top: 0.68, padding-bottom: 0.30, font-weight: normal, font-style: normal);
$note-ninth: ( font-size: 2.250, line-height: 3, padding-top: 0.72, padding-bottom: 0.26, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-ninth-augmented: ( font-size: 2.400, line-height: 3, padding-top: 0.54, padding-bottom: 0.45, font-weight: bold, font-style: italic);
$note-tenth-major: ( font-size: 2.500, line-height: 3, padding-top: 0.55, padding-bottom: 0.45, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-eleventh-major: ( font-size: 2.660, line-height: 3, padding-top: 0.67, padding-bottom: 0.34, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$note-twelfth: ( font-size: 3.000, line-height: 3, padding-top: 0.39, padding-bottom: 0.60, font-weight: bold, font-style: normal);
$chord-min: ( h1: $note-fifth-perfect, h2: $note-third-minor, h3: $note-third-minor, h4: $note-third-minor, else: $note-third-minor);
$chord-maj: ( h1: $note-fifth-perfect, h2: $note-third-major, h3: $note-third-major, h4: $note-third-major, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-dim: ( h1: $note-fifth-diminished, h2: $note-third-minor, h3: $note-third-minor, h4: $note-third-minor, else: $note-third-minor);
$chord-aug: ( h1: $note-sixth-minor, h2: $note-third-major, h3: $note-third-major, h4: $note-third-major, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-augmin7: ( h1: $note-seventh-minor, h2: $note-sixth-minor, h3: $note-third-major, h4: $note-third-major, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-sus: ( h1: $note-fifth-perfect, h2: $note-fourth-perfect, h3: $note-fourth-perfect, h4: $note-fourth-perfect, else: $note-fourth-perfect);
$chord-sus2: ( h1: $note-fifth-perfect, h2: $note-second, h3: $note-second, h4: $note-second, else: $note-second);
$chord-eleventh: ( h1: $note-eleventh-major, h2: $note-ninth, h3: $note-seventh-minor, h4: $note-fifth-perfect, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-min7: ( h1: $note-seventh-minor, h2: $note-fifth-perfect, h3: $note-third-major, h4: $note-third-minor, else: $note-third-minor);
$chord-maj7: ( h1: $note-seventh-major, h2: $note-fifth-perfect, h3: $note-third-major, h4: $note-third-major, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-dom7: ( h1: $note-seventh-minor, h2: $note-fifth-perfect, h3: $note-third-minor, h4: $note-third-minor, else: $note-third-minor);
$chord-dim7: ( h1: $note-seventh-minor, h2: $note-fifth-diminished, h3: $note-third-minor, h4: $note-third-minor, else: $note-third-minor);
$chord-min6: ( h1: $note-sixth-major, h2: $note-fifth-perfect, h3: $note-third-minor, h4: $note-third-minor, else: $note-third-minor);
$chord-maj6: ( h1: $note-sixth-major, h2: $note-fifth-perfect, h3: $note-third-major, h4: $note-third-major, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-domflat9: ( h1: $note-ninth-minor, h2: $note-seventh-minor, h3: $note-fifth-perfect, h4: $note-third-major, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-domsharp9: ( h1: $note-ninth-augmented, h2: $note-seventh-minor, h3: $note-fifth-perfect, h4: $note-third-major, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-min9: ( h1: $note-ninth, h2: $note-seventh-minor, h3: $note-fifth-perfect, h4: $note-third-minor, else: $note-third-minor);
$chord-maj9: ( h1: $note-ninth, h2: $note-seventh-major, h3: $note-fifth-perfect, h4: $note-third-major, else: $note-third-major);
$chord-perfect5: ( h1: $note-fifth-perfect, h2: $note-fifth-perfect, h3: $note-fifth-perfect, h4: $note-fifth-perfect, else: $note-fifth-perfect);
@function typography($element,$attribute){
@if $element == p{@return map-get($note-unison, $attribute);}
@else if $element == small{@return map-get($note-small, $attribute);}
@else {
$deezQualities: (min,maj,dim,aug,sus,sus2,eleventh,min7,maj7,augmin7,dom7,dim7,min6,maj6,domflat9,domsharp9,min9,maj9,perfect5);
@each $this-quality in $deezQualities{
@if $quality == $this-quality{
$this-chord: null;
@if $quality == min {$this-chord: $chord-min;}
@else if $quality == maj {$this-chord: $chord-maj;}
@else if $quality == dim {$this-chord: $chord-dim;}
@else if $quality == aug {$this-chord: $chord-aug;}
@else if $quality == sus {$this-chord: $chord-sus;}
@else if $quality == sus2 {$this-chord: $chord-sus2;}
@else if $quality == eleventh {$this-chord: $chord-eleventh;}
@else if $quality == min7 {$this-chord: $chord-min7;}
@else if $quality == maj7 {$this-chord: $chord-maj7;}
@else if $quality == augmin7 {$this-chord: $chord-augmin7;}
@else if $quality == dom7 {$this-chord: $chord-dom7;}
@else if $quality == dim7 {$this-chord: $chord-dim7;}
@else if $quality == min6 {$this-chord: $chord-min6;}
@else if $quality == maj6 {$this-chord: $chord-min6;}
@else if $quality == domflat9 {$this-chord: $chord-domflat9;}
@else if $quality == domsharp9 {$this-chord: $chord-domsharp9;}
@else if $quality == min9 {$this-chord: $chord-min9;}
@else if $quality == maj9 {$this-chord: $chord-maj9;}
@else if $quality == perfect5 {$this-chord: $chord-perfect5;}
$the-elements: (h1, h2, h3, h4);
@each $this-element in $the-elements{
@if $element == $this-element {
$properties: map-get($this-chord, $this-element);
@return map-get($properties, $attribute);}
@else {
$properties: map-get($chord-min, else);
@return map-get($properties, $attribute);}}}}}}
// The Font Properties Mixin
//
// The font-properties-for mixin combines all font styles into a single mixin.
// It requires the typography mixin to be loaded, as it calls it for each property.
// By specifying an optional second variable(0-1), you can scale the output.
//
// Later versions will initialize the typographic variables into a mapped array
@mixin font-properties-for($element, $multiplier: 1){
font-size: #{typography($element,font-size) * (1rem * $multiplier)};
line-height: #{typography($element,line-height) * ($unit__line-height * $multiplier)};
padding-top: #{typography($element,padding-top) * (1rem * $multiplier)};
padding-bottom: #{typography($element,padding-bottom) * (1rem * $multiplier)};
font-weight: #{typography($element,font-weight)};
font-style: #{typography($element,font-style)};
margin: 0;
}
h1{
@include font-properties-for(h1);
>small{
@include font-properties-for(h2);
line-height: 1em;
display: inline;
}
&.uber,
.uber &{
@include font-properties-for(h1,2);
}
}
h2{
@include font-properties-for(h2);
>small{
@include font-properties-for(h3);
line-height: 1em;
display: inline;
}
&.uber,
.uber &{
@include font-properties-for(h2,2);
}
}
h3{
@include font-properties-for(h3);
>small{
@include font-properties-for(h4);
line-height: 1em;
display: inline;
}
&.uber,
.uber &{
@include font-properties-for(h3,2);
}
}
h4{
@include font-properties-for(h4);
>small{
@include font-properties-for(h5);
line-height: 1em;
display: inline;
}
&.uber,
.uber &{
@include font-properties-for(h4,2);
}
}
h5{
@include font-properties-for(h5);
>small{
@include font-properties-for(h6);
line-height: 1em;
display: inline;
}
&.uber,
.uber &{
@include font-properties-for(h5,2);
}
}
h6{
@include font-properties-for(h6);
>small{
@include font-properties-for(p);
line-height: 1em;
display: inline;
}
&.uber,
.uber &{
@include font-properties-for(h6,2);
}
}
p{
@include font-properties-for(p);
>small{
@include font-properties-for(small);
line-height: 1em;
display: inline;
}
&.uber,
.uber &{
@include font-properties-for(p,2);
}
}
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