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Hasty Treat - CSS Typography and Systems
Hasty Treat - CSS Typography and Systems
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26 minutes
Released:
Jan 18, 2021
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Podcast episode
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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS typography, and how to quickly get up and running with type systems. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Show Notes 05:00 - How do you define type at the start of a new project? 15:03 - How do media queries and screen sizes affect your system? 16:58 - Why are systems in type important? 20:21 - How do you design a type system? Scott’s type system: /* Font Sizes */ --baseFontSize: 1rem; --baseNavSize: 0.64rem; --smallFontSize: 0.8rem; --smallestFontSize: 0.512rem; --xtra-big-ass-heading: 3.052rem; --xtra-heading: 2.441rem; --heading-1: 1.953rem; --heading-2: 1.563rem; --heading-3: 1.25rem; --heading-4: var(--baseFontSize); --heading-5: var(--smallFontSize); --heading-6: 0.64rem; --heading-7: var(--smallestFontSize); Links https://type-scale.com/ Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets
Released:
Jan 18, 2021
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Podcast episode
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