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Text-Box I’m probably missing the obvious but how is font-size-adjust different from text-box-trim. https://github.com/jantimon/text-box-trim-examples https:/
by alberth 1y ago
Text-Box
I’m probably missing the obvious but how is font-size-adjust different from text-box-trim.
https://github.com/jantimon/text-box-trim-examples https://github.com/jantimon/text-box-trim-examples
- throwanem 1y agoThat adjusts leading (from the material originally used, so rhymes with "breading") and thus space between lines. This adjusts properties such as x- and cap heights, which determine relative proportions of characters within the line. For example, in a browser supporting font-size-adjust, any font can be used as small caps.
- rpastuszak 1y agoI wrote a quick note on that: Leading or Line Height - a Measured Response https://untested.sonnet.io/notes/leading-or-line-height-a-measured-response/ https://untested.sonnet.io/notes/leading-or-line-height-a-me...
- throwanem 1y ago(2023) and it is worth noting that web typography is painfully rudimentary, as even a quick skim of Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style suffices to demonstrate. I would strongly recommend the purchase of a physical copy to anyone in or aspiring to design; you will make far more beautiful text just for having read it, which I think you will also enjoy (I have and do!), and it is a handsome artifact besides.
- rpastuszak 1y agoYeah, I've read it loooong time ago. Just borrowed it from archive.org, so thanks for the reminder :) That's said, I think there's A LOT that modern CSS can do in terms of typography, which is even more important given the prevalence of Figma, which, in my opinion is a very limiting tool, even compared to Penpot (IMO superior to Figma, as tied more to web standards). Think: text-box, RLH units...