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diff --git a/build/ndenting-text-with-css/index.html b/build/ndenting-text-with-css/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index 4be11ec..0000000 --- a/build/ndenting-text-with-css/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -<!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://git.sr.ht/~bt/barf">barf</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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