css starter for typography projects

_colors.scss

:root {
  /* main colors */
  --color-primary: #286bf4;
  --color-primary-light: color-mod(var(--color-primary) tint(15%));
  --color-primary-dark: color-mod(var(--color-primary) shade(15%));
  --color-primary-bg: color-mod(var(--color-primary) alpha(20%));

  --color-accent: #f5414f;
  --color-accent-light: color-mod(var(--color-accent) tint(15%));
  --color-accent-dark: color-mod(var(--color-accent) shade(10%));
  --color-accent-bg: color-mod(var(--color-accent) alpha(20%));

  --color-text: var(--gray-10);
  --color-text-heading: var(--black);
  --color-text-subtle: var(--gray-6);
  --color-link: var(--color-primary);
  --color-link-visited: var(--color-primary-dark);
}

body {
  color: var(--color-text);
}

h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
form legend {
  color: var(--color-text-heading);
}

a {
  color: var(--color-text);
  text-decoration: none;

  // &:visited {
  //   color: var(--color-text);
  // }
}

_font.scss

:root {
  /* type scale */
  --text-xs: calc(1em / (var(--text-scale-ratio) * var(--text-scale-ratio)));
  --text-sm: calc(1em / var(--text-scale-ratio));
  --text-md: calc(1em * var(--text-scale-ratio));
  --text-lg: calc(1em * var(--text-scale-ratio) * var(--text-scale-ratio));
  --text-xl: calc(
    1em * var(--text-scale-ratio) * var(--text-scale-ratio) *
      var(--text-scale-ratio)
  );
  --text-xxl: calc(
    1em * var(--text-scale-ratio) * var(--text-scale-ratio) *
      var(--text-scale-ratio) * var(--text-scale-ratio)
  );
  --text-xxxl: calc(
    1em * var(--text-scale-ratio) * var(--text-scale-ratio) *
      var(--text-scale-ratio) * var(--text-scale-ratio) *
      var(--text-scale-ratio)
  );
}

// @include breakpoint(md) {
//   :root {
//     --text-base-size: 1.25em;
//     --text-scale-ratio: 1.25;
//   }
// }

body {
  font-size: calc(0.625 * var(--text-base-size));
  font-family: var(--font-primary);
}

/* text size */
.text--xxxl {
  font-size: var(--text-xxxl);
}

h1,
.text--xxl {
  font-size: var(--text-xxl);
}

h2,
.text--xl {
  font-size: var(--text-xl);
}

h3,
.text--lg {
  font-size: var(--text-lg);
}

h4,
.text--md {
  font-size: var(--text-md);
}

.text--sm,
small {
  font-size: var(--text-sm);
}

.text--xs {
  font-size: var(--text-xs);
}

b,
strong {
  font-weight: bold;
}

.text-container {
  em {
    font-style: italic;
  }
}

/* utility classes */
.truncate {
  // truncate text if it exceeds parent
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

_spacing.scss

:root {
  /* spacing values */
  --space-unit: 1em;
  --space-xxs: calc(0.25 * var(--space-unit));
  --space-xs: calc(0.5 * var(--space-unit));
  --space-sm: calc(0.75 * var(--space-unit));
  --space-md: calc(1.25 * var(--space-unit));
  --space-lg: calc(2 * var(--space-unit));
  --space-xl: calc(3.25 * var(--space-unit));
  --space-xxl: calc(5.25 * var(--space-unit));

  /* fixed values - not affected by --space-unit or --text-base-size */
  --space-unit-fixed: 1rem;
  --space-xxs-fixed: calc(0.25 * var(--space-unit-fixed));
  --space-xs-fixed: calc(0.5 * var(--space-unit-fixed));
  --space-sm-fixed: calc(0.75 * var(--space-unit-fixed));
  --space-md-fixed: calc(1.25 * var(--space-unit-fixed));
  --space-lg-fixed: calc(2 * var(--space-unit-fixed));
  --space-xl-fixed: calc(3.25 * var(--space-unit-fixed));
  --space-xxl-fixed: calc(5.25 * var(--space-unit-fixed));
}

h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
form legend {
  margin-bottom: var(--space-xxs);
  line-height: var(--heading-line-height);
}

p {
  line-height: var(--body-line-height);
}

.text-container {
  h2,
  h3,
  h4 {
    margin-top: var(--space-sm);
  }

  ul,
  ol,
  p {
    margin-bottom: var(--space-md);
  }

  ul li,
  ol li {
    line-height: var(--body-line-height);
  }
}

index.scss

@import "./reset.scss";
@import "./typography.scss";

reset.scss

html,
body,
div,
span,
applet,
object,
iframe,
h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6,
p,
blockquote,
pre,
a,
abbr,
acronym,
address,
big,
cite,
code,
del,
dfn,
em,
img,
ins,
kbd,
q,
s,
samp,
small,
strike,
strong,
sub,
sup,
tt,
var,
b,
u,
i,
center,
dl,
dt,
dd,
ol,
ul,
li,
fieldset,
form,
label,
legend,
table,
caption,
tbody,
tfoot,
thead,
tr,
th,
td,
article,
aside,
canvas,
details,
embed,
figure,
figcaption,
footer,
header,
hgroup,
menu,
nav,
output,
ruby,
section,
summary,
time,
mark,
audio,
video {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  font-size: 100%;
  font: inherit;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}
// HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers
article,
aside,
details,
figcaption,
figure,
footer,
header,
hgroup,
menu,
nav,
section {
  display: block;
}
body {
  line-height: 1;
}
ol,
ul {
  list-style: none;
}
blockquote,
q {
  quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before,
blockquote:after,
q:before,
q:after {
  content: "";
  content: none;
}
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  border-spacing: 0;
}

typography.scss

/* --------------------------------
https://medium.com/codyhouse/create-your-design-system-part-1-typography-7c630d9092bd
https://codyhouse.co/ds/globals/typography
-------------------------------- */

@import "./_colors.scss";
@import "./_spacing.scss";
@import "./_font.scss";

:root {
  /* typography -> set font type */
  --font-primary: Georgia, serif;
  --font-secondary: sans-serif;

  /* typography -> set base values */
  --text-base-size: 1em;
  --text-scale-ratio: 1.2;

  /* spacing -> line-height */
  --heading-line-height: 1.2;
  --body-line-height: 1.5;

  /* colors -> shades - generated using chroma.js - 12 steps */
  --black: #1d1d21; // heading
  --gray-10: #2e2e31; // normal text
  --gray-6: #7b7a7d; // subtle
  --gray-4: #a5a5a6;
  --gray-3: #bbbbbc;
  --gray-2: #d1d0d2;
  --gray-1: #e8e7e8;
  --white: white;
}