endtwist/kerning.js

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Kerning.js is a small jQuery-dependent JavaScript library that lets you kern, style, transform, and scale web typography per-letter or per-word using custom CSS attributes. It supports letter/word pairs, repeats, conditionals by font, and engine- or OS-specific prefixes.

Use cases

• kern individual letter pairs on a webpage
• apply per-letter or per-word CSS styling to headings
• conditionally adjust typography based on the rendered font
• create fine-grained typographic effects like rotating or scaling single letters
• apply different kerning rules per browser or operating system

When to choose

• you need precise manual kerning or per-character styling that plain CSS cannot express
• your project already uses jQuery and you want a lightweight drop-in script
• you want font-conditional typography rules without JavaScript conditionals

When to avoid

• your project does not use jQuery and you want a dependency-free solution
• you need modern CSS features like variable fonts or font-feature-settings instead
• you need an actively maintained library - the last release was in 2016

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library · maturity maintenance

ui-components css-framework templating web-development frontend web-design browser typography kerning jquery css-extensions letter-spacing text-styling javascript

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