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| author | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-07-02 14:22:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-07-02 14:22:21 -0400 |
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diff --git a/build/ndenting-text-with-css/index.html b/build/ndenting-text-with-css/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf5b4ad --- /dev/null +++ b/build/ndenting-text-with-css/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> + <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> + <title>CSS: Indenting Text</title> + <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> + <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +</head> + +<nav> + <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> +</nav> + +<main> +<h1 id="css-indenting-text">CSS: Indenting Text</h1> +<p>2019-04-05</p> +<p>A lot of developers tend to do the bare minimum when it comes to implementing proper website typography. This isn’t an insult - I’m happy that typography is given any thought at all during development, I just believe more can always be done to improve upon it.</p> +<p>In today’s <em>TypeTip</em> we’re going to play around with the <code>text-indent</code> property, look into when it’s best to use it and how to implement it properly.</p> +<h2 id="the-property-and-browser-support">The property and browser support</h2> +<p>Browser support is actually pretty great for such a regularly over-looked CSS property. All major desktop and mobile browsers support it:</p> +<p>Now that doesn’t mean you should just slap this property on all your type elements and call it a day - there are specific use cases for <code>text-indent</code> and some basic rules to follow:</p> +<h2 id="use-cases">Use Cases</h2> +<ol> +<li>Increasing readability of large text blocks that would otherwise overwhelm the reader</li> +<li>Replicating book or report typography layouts</li> +</ol> +<h2 id="basic-rules">Basic Rules</h2> +<ol> +<li>Best to set this property on inner type children only - meaning items like <code>p</code> or <code>blockquotes</code> instead of main headings</li> +<li>When used on paragraph tags it’s best to target only <code>p</code> elements that directly follow a sibling tag (see “The CSS” below)</li> +</ol> +<h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2> +<p>Adding the property is extremely trivial, all you need is the following:</p> +<pre><code>/* Best practice for paragraphs */ +p + p { + text-indent: 1rem; /* whatever you want */ +} +</code></pre> +<h2 id="lets-see-it-in-action">Let’s see it in action</h2> +<p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/OGXLEd/">Live CodePen Example</a></p> +<footer role="contentinfo"> + <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> + <ul id="menu"> + <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> + <li><a href="/projects">Projects</a></li> + <li><a href="/uses">Uses</a></li> + <li><a href="/wiki">Wiki</a></li> + <li><a href="/resume">Resume</a></li> + <li><a href="/colophon">Colophon</a></li> + <li><a href="/now">Now</a></li> + <li><a href="/donate">Donate</a></li> + <li><a href="/atom.xml">RSS</a></li> + <li><a href="#top">↑ Top of the page</a></li> + </ul> + <small> + Built with <a href="https://barf.btxx.org">barf</a>. <br> + Feeds: <a href="/atom.xml">Atom</a> & <a href="/rss.xml">RSS</a><br> + Maintained with ♥ for the web. <br> + Proud supporter of <a href="https://usefathom.com/ref/DKHJVX">Fathom</a> & <a href="https://nextdns.io/?from=74d3p3h8">NextDNS</a>. <br> + The content for this site is <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC-BY-SA</a>.<br> The <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/bt.ht">code for this site</a> is <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/bt.ht/tree/master/item/LICENSE">MIT</a>. + </small> +</footer>
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