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CSS

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Lined Paper - a Micro Typography Framework

So I got bored today and made this it's pure CSS and works in all major browsers including IE10+. For all your typography baseline grid needs.

http://codepen.io/barnettjw/full/JhkrL

Let me know what you think.

5 Answers

Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points

That's pretty awesome, James! I did notice that the text was crossing paper lines in the block quote section. Is that because of a browser inconsistency?

Like it - nice work!

John Harrington
John Harrington
1,372 Points

It's the difference in font size that's causing the text to go off the lines, notice the Subhead pushes it off a little too! Forked it and fixed, now uses 1.5em as the distance between lines, and multiples of 1.5em as line-height on all the elements :) http://codepen.io/John92/full/mswAg

Great work James! Brilliant idea :D

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

@John I think that did it, thanks!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

You can also use the same technique to compare typefaces.

I often find myself trying to tell the difference between 2 sans-serif typefaces.

So I made this version to be able to better see ascenders, descenders and other microtypography goodness.

http://codepen.io/barnettjw/full/oGvdm