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jQuery Plugin to resize text to fit container
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(function($) { | |
$.fn.textfill = function(maxFontSize) { | |
maxFontSize = parseInt(maxFontSize, 10); | |
return this.each(function(){ | |
var ourText = $("span", this); | |
function resizefont(){ | |
var parent = ourText.parent(), | |
maxHeight = parent.height(), | |
maxWidth = parent.width(), | |
fontSize = parseInt(ourText.css("fontSize"), 10), | |
multiplier = maxWidth/ourText.width(), | |
newSize = (fontSize*(multiplier)); | |
ourText.css("fontSize", maxFontSize > 0 && newSize > maxFontSize ? maxFontSize : newSize ); | |
} | |
$(window).resize(function(){ | |
resizefont(); | |
}); | |
resizefont(); | |
}); | |
}; | |
})(jQuery); |
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CSS did the trick, sorry I would have deleted my comment but they don't appear to allow that here.
white-space: nowrap;