MelangeCSS Reference

Current Version: 1.0.0-RC4

Typography ( High Contrast )†

Text rendering can be tricky, however the use of a fixed font scale and a limited number of other tranformations for letter spacing and leading can provide myriad combinations to meet most needs without having to endlessly tweak precise values. The result of the fixed set up typographic features is general consistency and harmony regardless of the styles chosen.

Properties

Aliases

These violate the naming conventions, but are convienient as aliases for more commonly-used needs.

b-hc
Aliases Bold
 
.b-hc {
  font-weight: bold;
}
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i-hc
Aliases Italic
 
.i-hc {
  font-style: italic;
}
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sc-hc
Aliases Small Caps
 
.sc-hc {
  font-variant: small-caps;
}
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u-hc
Aliases Underline
 
.u-hc {
  text-decoration: underline;
}
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p-hc
Aliases Content paragraph with measure and lh-copy
 
.p-hc {
  max-width: var(--mg-tw);
  line-height: var(--mg-lh-copy);
}
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Font Families
ff*
ff-sans-hc 
.ff-sans-hc {
  font-family: var(--mg-ff-sans);
}
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ff-serif-hc 
.ff-serif-hc {
  font-family: var(--mg-ff-serif);
}
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ff-mono-hc 
.ff-mono-hc {
  font-family: var(--mg-ff-mono);
}
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ff-cursive-hc 
.ff-cursive-hc {
  font-family: var(--mg-ff-cursive);
}
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ff-fantasy-hc 
.ff-fantasy-hc {
  font-family: var(--mg-ff-fantasy);
}
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Font Scale
f*
Modular Scale
f-1-hc 
.f-1-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-1);
}
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f-2-hc 
.f-2-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-2);
}
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f-3-hc 
.f-3-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-3);
}
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f-4-hc 
.f-4-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-4);
}
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f-5-hc 
.f-5-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-5);
}
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f-6-hc 
.f-6-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-6);
}
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f-7-hc 
.f-7-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-7);
}
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f-8-hc 
.f-8-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-8);
}
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f-9-hc 
.f-9-hc {
  font-size: var(--mg-fs-9);
}
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Font Style
fs-normal-hc 
.fs-normal-hc {
  font-style: normal;
}
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fs-italic-hc
Font Style Italic
 
.fs-italic-hc {
  font-style: italic;
}
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Font Variant
fv-sc-hc
Font Variant Small Caps
 
.fv-sc-hc {
  font-variant: small-caps;
}
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fv-normal-hc
Font Variant Normal
 
.fv-normal-hc {
  font-variant: normal;
}
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Font Weights
fw*
fw-normal-hc 
.fw-normal-hc {
  font-weight: normal;
}
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fw-bold-hc 
.fw-bold-hc {
  font-weight: bold;
}
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fw-1-hc 
.fw-1-hc {
  font-weight: 100;
}
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fw-2-hc 
.fw-2-hc {
  font-weight: 200;
}
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fw-3-hc 
.fw-3-hc {
  font-weight: 300;
}
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fw-4-hc 
.fw-4-hc {
  font-weight: 400;
}
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fw-5-hc 
.fw-5-hc {
  font-weight: 500;
}
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fw-6-hc 
.fw-6-hc {
  font-weight: 600;
}
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fw-7-hc 
.fw-7-hc {
  font-weight: 700;
}
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fw-8-hc 
.fw-8-hc {
  font-weight: 800;
}
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fw-9-hc 
.fw-9-hc {
  font-weight: 900;
}
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Indent
indent*
indent-0-hc 
.indent-0-hc {
  text-indent: 0;
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience from the originals.
indent-1-hc 
.indent-1-hc {
  text-indent: var(--mg-ident-1);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience from the originals.
indent-2-hc 
.indent-2-hc {
  text-indent: var(--mg-ident-2);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience from the originals.
indent-3-hc 
.indent-3-hc {
  text-indent: var(--mg-ident-3);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience from the originals.
indent--1-hc 
.indent--1-hc {
  text-indent: var(--mg-ident--1);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience from the originals.
indent--2-hc 
.indent--2-hc {
  text-indent: var(--mg-ident--2);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience from the originals.
indent--3-hc 
.indent--3-hc {
  text-indent: var(--mg-ident--3);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience from the originals.
Leading/Line Height
lh*
lh-solid-hc 
.lh-solid-hc {
  line-height: var(--mg-lh-solid);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.
lh-title-hc 
.lh-title-hc {
  line-height: var(--mg-lh-title);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.
lh-copy-hc 
.lh-copy-hc {
  line-height: var(--mg-lh-copy);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.
Measure

Measure is a convienience for setting max widths appropriate for reading text, and works regardless of font size. It uses ch units to achieve this.

measure*
measure-hc 
.measure-hc {
  max-width: var(--mg-tw);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.
measure-wide-hc 
.measure-wide-hc {
  max-width: var(--mg-tw-wide);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.
measure-narrow-hc 
.measure-narrow-hc {
  max-width: var(--mg-tw-narrow);
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.
Text Align
tr-hc
Text Align Right
 
.tr-hc {
  text-align: right;
}
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tc-hc
Text Align Center
 
.tc-hc {
  text-align: center;
}
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tl-hc
Text Align Left
 
.tl-hc {
  text-align: left;
}
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Text Decoration
tdn-hc
Text Decoration None
 
.tdn-hc {
  text-decoration: none;
}
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hover-tdn-hc
Text Decoration None
 
.hover-tdn-hc:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
}
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tdu-hc
Text Decoration Underline
 
.tdu-hc {
  text-decoration: underline;
}
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hover-tdu-hc
Text Decoration Underline
 
.hover-tdu-hc:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}
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tds-hc
Text Decoration Strike
 
.tds-hc {
  text-decoration: line-through;
}
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hover-tds-hc
Text Decoration Strike
 
.hover-tds-hc:hover {
  text-decoration: line-through;
}
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tdo-hc
Text Decoration Overline
 
.tdo-hc {
  text-decoration: overline;
}
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hover-tdo-hc
Text Decoration Overline
 
.hover-tdo-hc:hover {
  text-decoration: overline;
}
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Text Tranform
ttn-hc
Text Tranform None
 
.ttn-hc {
  text-transform: none;
}
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ttu-hc
Text Tranform Uppercase
 
.ttu-hc {
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
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ttl-hc
Text Tranform Lowercase
 
.ttl-hc {
  text-transform: lowercase;
}
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ttc-hc
Text Tranform Capitalize
 
.ttc-hc {
  text-transform: capitalize;
}
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Tracking / Letter Spacing
tracked*
tracked-hc 
.tracked-hc {
  letter-spacing: var(--mg-ls);
}
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tracked-tight-hc 
.tracked-tight-hc {
  letter-spacing: var(--mg-ls-tight);
}
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tracked-mega-hc 
.tracked-mega-hc {
  letter-spacing: var(--mg-ls-mega);
}
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tracked-none-hc 
.tracked-none-hc {
  letter-spacing: var(--mg-ls-none);
}
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Vertical Align

While vertical alignemnt can be specified in artbirary lengbths and percentages, baseline, top, middle, and bottom are sufficient for most use-cases.

va-baseline-hc
Vertical Align Baseline
 
.va-baseline-hc {
  vertical-align: baseline;
}
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va-middle-hc
Vertical Align Middle
 
.va-middle-hc {
  vertical-align: middle;
}
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va-top-hc
Vertical Align Top
 
.va-top-hc {
  vertical-align: top;
}
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va-bottom-hc
Vertical Align Bottom
 
.va-bottom-hc {
  vertical-align: bottom;
}
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White Space
ws-normal-hc
White Space Normal
 
.ws-normal-hc {
  white-space: normal;
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.
ws-nowrap-hc
White Space No Wrap
 
.ws-nowrap-hc {
  white-space: nowrap;
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.
ws-pre-hc
White Space Pre
 
.ws-pre-hc {
  white-space: pre;
}
Although “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” carry on the story started by the original six books, you will get a perfectly fine reading experience by reading only “Dune”, “Dune Messiah”, “Children of Dune”, “God Emperor of Dune”, “Heretics of Dune”, and finishing with “Chapterhouse Dune”. Trust me.