https://github.com/wentin/underlineJS
Pushing the boundary of browser typography rendering!
https://github.com/wentin/underlineJS
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Pushing the boundary of browser typography rendering!
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/wentin/underlineJS
- Owner: wentin
- Created: 2014-12-03T02:39:43.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-12-02T03:46:12.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-24T23:31:28.760Z (27 days ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://underlinejs.wentin.net
- Size: 8.9 MB
- Stars: 2,224
- Watchers: 58
- Forks: 80
- Open Issues: 24
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# underline.js
`A javascript library that sets out to do one simple job: draw and animate the most perfect and playful text underline`
### Demo
[http://wentin.github.io/underlineJS/](http://wentin.github.io/underlineJS/)
The project is currently under development.
If you have 8 minutes and want to know what is the story behind creating underline.js, you can hear all about it in this [`NY Tech Meetup presentation video`](http://embed.wirewax.com/8013554/7bafa8/)
### Features
Underline.js has following features:
1. It doesn't have ghost pixels. It is not just pixel perfect, but also pixel perfect on half pixel level for retina display
2. It has an optimized thin stroke-width. It is always 1/6 of width of the period mark.
3. It sits on the optimal Y position between the baseline and descender line, that optimal Y positon is the golden ratio point.
4. It has holes around descenders. Completely respect the type's shape. If you ask, the size of the holes are also optimized to the perfection.
### CSS4 Proposal to W3C
Underline.js is not designed to be the most useful javascript library. It is more exploratory, and it is trying to push the boundary of web typography. I want to propose these new css rules to W3C for css4 edition:
text-underline-color: #000000;
// auto means the same color as the text color, or hex valuetext-underline-position: auto;
// could be ratio or px or autotext-underline-skip: true;
// true to set holes around descenders, false to turn it offtext-underline-width: auto;
// could be auto or px or ratiotext-underline-animation: true
// true or false, this one is only for underline.js### Reference
[Marcin Wichary's article on crafting Medium.com's underline](https://medium.com/designing-medium/crafting-link-underlines-on-medium-7c03a9274f9)
### Mentions (thank you!)
[`Tweets`](https://storify.com/DesignJokes/underline-js-tweets)
[`technical.ly article`](https://technical.ly/brooklyn/2015/02/12/wenting-zhang-underline-js/)
[`codrops collective`](http://tympanus.net/codrops/collective/collective-155/)
[`unheap.com`](http://www.unheap.com/user-interface/text-links/underline-js/)
[`coliss.com`](http://coliss.com/articles/build-websites/operation/javascript/js-draw-and-animate-underline.html)
[`speckyboy.com`](http://speckyboy.com/2015/02/24/weekly-news-for-designers-n-273/)
[`cssauthor.com`](http://www.cssauthor.com/weekly-web-development-resources-and-tools-95/)
[`beautifulopen.com`](http://beautifulopen.com/2015/01/06/underline-js/)
[`freebiesbug.com`](http://freebiesbug.com/code-stuff/underline-js-animate-text-underline/)
[`jquery-plugins.net`](http://jquery-plugins.net/underlinejs-javascript-library-to-draw-and-animate-text-underline)
*Note: underline.js doesn't have dependency on jquery*
[`designsrazzi.com`](http://www.designsrazzi.com/free-jquery-plugins/)
[`codegeekz.com`](http://codegeekz.com/15-handy-javascript-libraries-for-march-2015/)
[`bashooka.com`](http://bashooka.com/coding/javascript-libraries-for-web-typography/)
[`ninodezign.com`](http://ninodezign.com/10-funny-jquery-plugins-for-your-website/)
[`hongkiat.com`](http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/web-typography-tools/)
[`decodering.com`](http://decodering.com/post/110635667154/underline-js-a-javascript-library-that-sets-out)
[`ipixel.com.sg`](http://www.ipixel.com.sg/blog/freebies/underline-js-animate-text-underline/)
[`freede.ru`](http://freede.ru/koding/animatsionnoe-podchyorkivanie-tekst-so-zvukom-pri-navedenii.html)
[`gaetanpautler.com`](http://gaetanpautler.com/weekly-links-and-websites-89/)
[`designmeltdown.com`](http://designmeltdown.com/#s=9406)
[`html5cn.org`](http://www.html5cn.org/article-7851-1.html)
[`splashnology.com`](http://mag.splashnology.com/article/tools-web-dev-march-2015/14012/)
[`developersfeed.com`](http://www.developersfeed.com/25-best-web-development-tools-of-march-2015/)
[`Parsons Alumni news`](http://amt.parsons.edu/blog/mfa-dt-alum-wenting-zhang-presents-underline-js-project-to-ny-tech-meetup/)
[`bashooka.com`](http://bashooka.com/coding/javascript-libraries-for-web-typography/)
[`habrahabr.ru`](http://habrahabr.ru/post/251759/)
[`softpedia.com`](http://webscripts.softpedia.com/script/Text-Management/Text-Tools/underline-js-84277.html)
[`lafermeduweb.net`](http://www.lafermeduweb.net/veille/underline-js-soulignez-a-la-perfection-vos-textes-sans-couper-les-lettres-565407442654482432.html)
[`wykop.pl`](http://www.wykop.pl/wpis/11426174/https-github-com-wentin-underlinejs-fajna-bibliote/)
[`sumy.ua`](http://veselov.sumy.ua/1753-underlinejs-skript-dobavleniya-pravilnogo-podcherkivaniya.html)
[`us8`](http://us8.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9dc44712ae7c52996ea6e645b&id=f8356f478a&e=1d8514e3e4)
[`pr-cy.ru`](http://pr-cy.ru/news/p/4967)
[`takana8.tumblr.com`](http://takana8.tumblr.com/post/110873944747/underline-js-a-javascript-library-that-sets-out)
[`altervista.org`](http://iwinuxfeed.altervista.org/aggregatore/underline-js/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)###Contact
* Follow [@DesignJokes](http://twitter.com/DesignJokes) on Twitter
* Visit [wentin.co](http://wentin.co)