simplefocus/FlowType.JS
Web typography at its finest: font-size and line-height based on element width. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4768
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1862
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4562 stars · 441 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
FlowType.JS is a jQuery plugin that adjusts font-size (and formerly line-height) based on an element's width to maintain ideal character counts per line across screen sizes. It is now deprecated, as the same effect can be achieved with plain CSS fluid typography.
Use cases
- make text resize fluidly with container width
- keep 45-75 characters per line at any screen width
- responsive web typography without media queries
- set min/max font-size and width thresholds for scaling text
- replace with CSS fluid typography techniques
When to choose
- maintaining a legacy jQuery codebase that already uses it
- need quick fluid typography in an old browser environment without modern CSS support
When to avoid
- starting a new project - use CSS clamp() fluid typography instead
- projects not using jQuery
- need line-height auto-adjustment (removed in v1.1)
Facets
plugin · maturity abandoned
ui-components frontend-framework web-development frontend web-design browser typography responsive-design jquery-plugin fluid-typography deprecated javascript
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/simplefocus/FlowType.JS · fetched 2026-08-28 · 674c7761f727
- homepage: http://simplefocus.com/flowtype/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41ccb462a284
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/flowtype.js · fetched 2026-08-29 · 11efe83e0b40
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| simplefocus/FlowType.JS | main | 32 |
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