I may have missed it, but is there a way to automatically resize type? Generating type as a png with scaling is not an option.
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there a way to automatically resize type?
Can you expand a bit more on this. Under what circumstances do you want this to happen?
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I’m referring to type that expands and contracts in relation to the size of the container. This is useful for relative layouts.
I know that there is jQuery content out there that can do the job but I’m not sure how to implement the code in FW.
Here’s an example using a .png text object:
http://ohair.com/_WebDesignResources/_phototest.html
As you can see, the following example has issues. Scaling the container is easy, but the content gets lost when viewing the page full screen:
http://ohair.com/_WebDesignResources/_33333.html
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CSS Media queries are the normal way to do this though there are JS alternatives.
http://www.deltadesign.co/FW6Test/full-width.html - uses FitText.js http://fittextjs.com/
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… while I can’t recommend the “scaling down one bunch” method, no matter if using @media and CSS or even JavaScript, JS is the best recommend here. Have you ever counted the number of .stylesXXX in your document? I ran out of fingers and toes but guess about 250!!
The point on one bunch is nearby always the same:
Some scale nicely, some are still too big, other way too small (or the other way round). Both methods have their min - max opportunities sure, but this recommends a way smarter font strategy.
Furthermore it’s not just a matter of “FONTs”, it’s as well a matter of “adjusting” wrapping DIVs using @media query if it comes to optimized widths and positioning.
Cheers
Thomas
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18 month backlog of house afire projects, stunningly understaffed, standard ten-hour workdays, enormous site with constant changes; I do what I can.
As FW doesn’t have a feature to instantly delete unused styles, and as FW creates many duplicates. manual style cleanup is just one out of hundreds of things to be done and a very low priority. This page represents a template for a totally redone site that should meet with your approval.
Thanks to others for the suggestions.
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BTW, I’ve found a number of JS / JQ solutions for this. They include an element for the head and a script. Not sure where to plug in the script.
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BTW, I’ve found a number of JS / JQ solutions for this. They include an element for the head and a script. Not sure where to plug in the script.
Most of the time it’s just a matter of using the External JavaScript action to link the page to the script document.
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Thanks, Caleb.
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FW doesn’t have a feature to instantly delete unused styles
But it wont publish unused styles.
This is really about planning ahead - looking at a page(s) and thinking about the different areas of your layout and defining the styles that should be used in each. Define these styles and then use them rigorously.
It is something that can be done afterwards but is easiest applied from the get go.
As to the JS question - if there is a particular script you wish to use then let us know what it is and we can advise how you can implement it.
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The value of planning ahead is obvious, as is discipline, good housekeeping and such, but when one is in an unbelievably high-pressure situation, the trade-off of having a ton of automatically generated styles versus the accumulated time required for maintaining that discipline, the time factor wins.
I spent ten years with agencies in the seriously high-pressure environment of the Chicago loop, but compared to my present situation the Chicago thing was for total wimps. We do what we can.
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