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Typography

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Modular Scale
Pollen provides a robust modular typography scale to encourage consistent typography sizing across an interface. Sizes are set in rem units to support proper font scaling, and assume a 16px root font-size.
Property group
Applies to
--scale-*
font-size
1
.heading {
2
  font-size: var(--scale-4);
3
}
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Value
Equivalent to
--scale-000
0.75rem
12px
--scale-00
0.875rem
14px
--scale-0
1rem
16px
--scale-1
1.125rem
18px
--scale-2
1.25rem
20px
--scale-3
1.5rem
24px
--scale-4
1.875rem
30px
--scale-5
2.25rem
36px
--scale-6
3rem
48px
--scale-7
3.75rem
60px
--scale-8
4.5rem
72px
--scale-9
6rem
96px
--scale-10
8rem
128px
Font Families
Base font stacks as better alternatives to browser defaults, designed for rapid prototyping and to be overridden as your project grows.
Property group
Applies to
--font-*
font-family
1
body {
2
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
3
}
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Value
--font-sans
system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,Noto Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,Helvetica Neue
--font-serif
Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif
--font-mono
Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, "Liberation Mono", monospace
Font Weights
Consistent font weights across an interface
1
.heading {
2
  font-weight: var(--weight-bold)
3
}
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Property group
Applies to
--weight-*
font-weight
Property
Value
--weight-light
300
--weight-regular
400
--weight-medium
500
--weight-semibold
600
--weight-bold
700
--weight-extrabold
800
--weight-black
900
Line Height
Encourage consistent line heights across an interface, applied as unitless values to scale with font size.
Property group
Applies to
--line-*
line-height
1
body {
2
  line-height: var(--line-md);
3
}
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Property
Value
--line-none
1
--line-xs
1.25
--line-sm
1.275
--line-md
1.5
--line-lg
1.625
--line-xl
2
Letter Spacing
Encourage consistent letter spacing across an interface, applied as em units relative to the text's size
Property group
Applies to
--letter-*
letter-spacing
1
.uppercase {
2
  letter-spacing: var(--letter-xs);
3
}
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Property
Value
--letter-xs
-0.05em
--letter-sm
-0.025em
--letter-none
0
--letter-lg
0.025em
--letter-xl
0.05em
Prose Width
Max-widths optimised for legibility of large blocks of text, based on the font and font-size of content.
Property group
Applies to
--prose-*
max-width
1
article {
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  max-width: var(--prose-normal);
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  margin: 0 auto;
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}
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Property
Value
Measure
--prose-xs
45ch
45 letters
--prose-sm
55ch
55 letters
--prose-md
65ch
65 letters
--prose-lg
75ch
75 letters
--prose-xl
85ch
85 letters

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