Design comparison
Solution retrospective
Hey guys!
Playing with fluid typography using viewport units and CSS clamp()
function on this project. Also using Flexbox with minimal media queries. Intentionally not pixel-perfect, I wanted to compare how close the ‘fluid’ approach came to the design. Currently applying clamp() on individual elements, but declaring global variables under root in a similar approach (t-shirt sizing) is on my list for a future build.
Any suggestions/feedback always welcome, and thoughts on my implementation of CSS clamp() would be greatly appreciated! I focused on font sizes, but I’ve also applied to some widths, margin/padding, and a row-gap in there with it to experiment with what all I could do with it now that I’m getting the hang of the calcs. I went with a formula for the preferred (middle) variable instead of a single value.
A couple of questions:
- Math(s) question: how much precision do you apply in your function variables? Two decimal places? Three? Four? Wondering what the best practice is here.
- I used em units for line heights (based on the design), though I realize this is a bit simplistic. I’ve also seen clamp() used for line height in relation to text length (longer width text with more line spacing, and vice versa). More of a design question, but curious what anyone else has seen or used? Any method you preferred or found worked better?
- And finally, buttons vs. links! I used a link for “Proceed to Payment,” seemed to me it was intended to take the user to a new screen instead of submitting data to the server. Styled to look like a button to match the design. If it was on a full page, and if it generated a pop-up/modal I could perhaps also see an argument for button (type=button)? What do you guys think?
Thanks!
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