Compass Golden Type

Golden Type applies “Golden Ratio Typography” outlined by @pearsonified

http://www.pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography.php

Compass can automatically generate the values his calculator does

http://www.pearsonified.com/typography/

Installation

From the command line:

(sudo) gem install goldentype

Add to a project:

// rails: compass.config, other: config.rb
require 'goldentype'

// command line
compass install goldentype

Or create a new project:

compass -r goldentype -f goldentype project_directory

Available Defaults and Mixins

Mixins:

• Golden Type using Phi

First argument is font-size. Set to 0 if unknown or if you want to calculate based on content width. Second argument is content width (line-width) which can be ommitted if unknown or if you want to calculate based on content.

If no units are given for either argument, pixels will be used by default.

golden-type($font-size, $line-width)

• Adjusted Golden Type

Takes same arguments as original. Will used adjusted ratio as outlined in article.

golden-type-adjusted($font-size, $line-width)