Aeolian, An Adaptive Typographic Scale

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Euthymious

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Jun 10, 2021, 6:47:21 AM6/10/21
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Hello, I've been silenlty reading this group for some while, but this is my first real post with something to share. 

I am just learning how to use TW5, in particular trying to figure out how css styling works.

So, here is my humble attempt of styling TiddlyWiki, using a modular typographic scale and adding some responsiveness. On desktop it utilizes a scale ratio of 1.2 and rather wide line spacing, and degrades to more "compact" line height and ratio of 1.125 on small mobile screens.

Not much to appreciate yet, but I have learned quite a bit while making it and would be glad if anybody finds it useful.

Darth Mole

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Jun 11, 2021, 9:22:18 AM6/11/21
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Very cool! I was just starting to look into globally scaling down some interface elements I created so this is right on the path I was heading. Thanks!

TiddlyTweeter

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Jun 11, 2021, 12:28:58 PM6/11/21
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It is interesting.

Are you redefining CSS rules in TW?

OR just overlaying additional CSS? 

Just wondering.
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Euthymious

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Jun 11, 2021, 1:40:17 PM6/11/21
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Yes, just overlaying — I add one stylesheet setting font size and line height for tiddler titles, headers and paragraphs (and several other properties to fix broken tabs) for 'mobile mode', then use a media query to set different values for 'desktop mode'.

And, as I've mentioned, I'm just learning — so have no idea what 'redefining' is. Could you point where should I start digging?
 

пятница, 11 июня 2021 г. в 19:28:58 UTC+3, TiddlyTweeter:

Euthymious

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Jun 11, 2021, 1:43:35 PM6/11/21
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Thank you.
Downscaling was not the main purpose, but I did decrease the size of the tiddler titles and buttons — they always seemed too large to me.

пятница, 11 июня 2021 г. в 16:22:18 UTC+3, iamdar...@gmail.com:
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