zellwk/typi

h1-h5, p sensible defaults (suggested initial settings)

dancaron opened this issue · 7 comments

Hi,

This isn't an issue, so much as a request/suggestion.

Would love to see some sensible defaults (reasonable initial settings for a new project) for h1-h5 and p for the $typi map, perhaps at your given breakpoints of 600, and 1200. Maybe with line-height settings for golden ratio (1.618) as well. Just an idea.

Thanks for releasing this great utility!

For instance, http://gakimball.github.io/responsive-modular-scale/ suggests perfect fourth and perfect fifth intervals.

For example, here are some potential default settings. The null values increase at a rate of 1.25 (major third interval), the small values increase at a rate of 1.33 (perfect fourth) and large values increase at a rate of 1.5 (perfect fifth). Line height is golden ratio-ish.

$typi: (
  base: (
    null: (18px, 1.618),
    small: (18px),
    large: (18px)
  ),
  h5: (
    null: (22.5px, 1.618),
    small: (23.9px),
    large: (27px)
  ),
  h4: (
    null: (28.1px, 1.618),
    small: (31.9px),
    large: (40.5px)
  ),
  h3: (
    null: (35.2px, 1.618),
    small: (42.6px),
    large: (60.8px)
  ),
  h2: (
    null: (43.9px, 1.618),
    small: (56.8px),
    large: (91.1px)
  ),
  h1: (
    null: (54.8px, 1.618),
    small: (75.7px),
    large: (136.6px)
  )
);

This seems to be a little better.

$typi: (
  base: (
    null: (18px, 1.25),
    small: (18px, 1.33),
    large: (18px, 1.5)
  ),
  h5: (
    null: (22.5px, 1.25),
    small: (23.9px, 1.33),
    large: (27px, 1.5)
  ),
  h4: (
    null: (28.1px, 1.25),
    small: (31.9px, 1.33),
    large: (40.5px, 1.5)
  ),
  h3: (
    null: (35.2px, 1.25),
    small: (42.6px, 1.33),
    large: (60.8px, 1.5)
  ),
  h2: (
    null: (43.9px, 1.25),
    small: (56.8px, 1.33),
    large: (91.1px, 1.5)
  ),
  h1: (
    null: (54.8px, 1.25),
    small: (75.7px, 1.33),
    large: (136.6px, 1.5)
  )
);

Why would suggestions help?

Because they would save time and give users a starting point.
Users have brought this issue up in #1 and #23.

I don't believe in standard starting points for typography, unfortunately. So 🤷‍♂️

Some people do :). Thanks @dancaron