samvlu / medium.css

Compact typography for the web

medium.css ✍

a minimal set of typography devoted to Medium.com

Installation

npm install --save medium.css

If you are not using a bundler download the file medium.css and link it in your html

Demo

live: https://codepen.io/lucagez/full/bQObBe/

If you want to run the demo locally just clone the repo and run npm install and then npm start inside /demo directory

Why

I found myself always struggling for for a basic set of rules to make a decent reading experience. I find this minimal boilerplate useful for bootstrapping a project with a typography created learning from the best: Medium.com.

Usage

This stylesheet is meant to be only a starting point. So it covers only the basics html elements. The elements covered are:

• h1
• h2
• p
• a
• i
• blockquote
• code

There are three custom classes:

• .highlighted, highlights text setting background-color
• .first-letter, a big first letter that spans two lines
• .subtitle, for subtitles

Fonts used

The Google fonts I found that best mimics the feeling of Medium.com reading experience:

• Content font: Lora, serif
• UI font: Montserrat, sans-serif
• Brand font: Playfair Display, serif

Contributing

All PRs are welcomed! If you have some ideas on how to extend this stylesheet don't hesitate 😎

License

MIT