FitText.js, a jQuery plugin for inflating web type

FitText makes font-sizes flexible. Use this plugin on your responsive design for ratio-based resizing of your headlines.

How it works

Here is a simple FitText setup:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.fittext.js"></script>
<script>
  jQuery("#responsive_headline").fitText();
</script>

Your text should now fluidly resize, by default: Font-size = 1/10th of the element's width.

The Compressor

If your text is resizing poorly, you'll want to turn tweak up/down "The Compressor". It works a little like a guitar amp. The default is 1.

jQuery("#responsive_headline").fitText(1.2); // Turn the compressor up   (resizes more aggressively)
jQuery("#responsive_headline").fitText(0.8); // Turn the compressor down (resizes less aggressively)

This will hopefully give you a level of "control" that might not be pixel perfect, but resizes smoothly & nicely.

minFontSize & maxFontSize & animation smoothing

FitText now allows you to specify two optional pixel values: minFontSize and maxFontSize. Great for situations when you want to preserve hierarchy. You can also adjust animation smoothing by specifying a transitionduration.

jQuery("#responsive_headline").fitText(1.2, { minFontSize: '20px', maxFontSize: '40px', transitionduration : '75ms' })

CSS FAQ

• Make sure your headline has width!
  • Use display: block; OR display: inline-block;+ a specified width (i.e. width: 100%).
• Tweak until you like it.
• Set a No-JS fallback font-size in your CSS.
• Fire

Changelog

• v 1.2 - Added line-height, letter-spacing and smoothing animations.
• v 1.1 - FitText now ignores font-size and has minFontSize & maxFontSize options
• v 1.0.1 - Fix for broken font-size.
• v 1.0 - Initial Release

In Use:

• Trent Walton

If you want more exact fitting text, there are plugins for that for that! We recommend checking out BigText by Zach Leatherman or SlabText by Brian McAllister.

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