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Output granular CSS media queries with starter variables and a Python loop
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# ------------------------------------------------- | |
# -- set vars below ------------------------------- | |
# note: "em" probably offers better control | |
units="px" | |
# provide a media query granularity (in pixels) | |
granularity = 25 | |
# provide start & end viewport widths | |
startViewportWidth = 400 # in units specified above | |
endViewportWidth = 1200 # in units specified above | |
# provide start & end font wdth axis values | |
startFontWdth = 70 | |
endFontWdth = 100 | |
# provide start & end font wght axis values | |
startFontWght = 300 | |
endFontWght = 700 | |
# -- set vars above ------------------------------- | |
# ------------------------------------------------- | |
from math import floor | |
# this sets up default values (uses start values) | |
viewportWidth = startViewportWidth | |
currentWdth = startFontWdth | |
currentWght = startFontWght | |
# this calculates ranges | |
totalViewportRange = endViewportWidth - startViewportWidth | |
wdthRange = endFontWdth - startFontWdth | |
wghtRange = endFontWght - startFontWght | |
for i in range(0,totalViewportRange+1): | |
if i % granularity == 0: | |
viewportWidth = startViewportWidth + i | |
t= (startViewportWidth-viewportWidth) / totalViewportRange | |
currentWdth = round(startFontWdth - (wdthRange * t)) | |
currentWght = round(startFontWght - (wghtRange * t)) | |
css = "@media (max-width: "+ str(viewportWidth) + units + ") {:root {--width: " + str(currentWdth) + "; --weight: " + str(currentWght) + ";}}" | |
print(css) |
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Updated to be mobile-first and to hit the actual final breakpoint, and to make it easy to use whatever unit of measurement you prefer.
You might have better results if you based media queries in
ems
, per @nicksherman