# davatron5000/Lettering.js

A lightweight, easy to use Javascript <span> injector for radical Web Typography

Repository: https://github.com/davatron5000/Lettering.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/letteringjs
Homepage: http://letteringjs.com
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-07-27T15:59:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5835, "days_push": 2228, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5335, forks 733 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:15.775775+00:00)

## What it is
Lettering.js is a lightweight jQuery plugin that wraps individual letters, words, or lines of text in span tags, giving developers per-character CSS control for radical web typography. It includes accessibility support via aria-labels and is commonly used for custom kerning and typographic posters.

## Use cases
- kern individual letters of a headline with CSS
- create typographic CSS3 posters
- animate each letter of a title separately
- split headings into words or lines for styling
- apply per-character styling while keeping text selectable

## When to choose
- you need down-to-the-letter CSS control over a heading or blockquote
- you are already using jQuery and want a tiny typography helper
- you want accessible per-character markup with aria attributes handled for you

## When to avoid
- your project does not use jQuery
- you need to wrap every letter on a large page, which will hurt performance
- you want a maintained modern framework-free solution

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, typography, web-typography, kerning, span-injection, css3, nodejs

## Member repositories
- davatron5000/Lettering.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.775775+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:58:51.756534+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/davatron5000/Lettering.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:15.775775+00:00, sha a0c002488656)
  - homepage: http://letteringjs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:43.447183+00:00, sha 06038132d88c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.