# freqdec/slabText

A jQuery plugin for producing big, bold & responsive headlines

Repository: https://github.com/freqdec/slabText
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slabtext
Homepage: http://freqdec.github.io/slabText/
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-10-19T18:36:52+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": 5352, "days_push": 2875, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1328, forks 137 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:23.732570+00:00)

## What it is
slabText is a jQuery plugin that splits headlines into rows and resizes each row to fill the available horizontal space, producing big, bold, responsive headlines. It is a port of Erik Loyer's slabtype algorithm, inspired by the FitText plugin.

## Use cases
- create responsive hero headlines that fill the viewport width
- split long headlines into balanced rows automatically
- resize headline text when the browser viewport changes
- preset custom word combinations for headline line breaks
- build big bold display typography for landing pages

## When to choose
- you already use jQuery and want responsive display headlines
- you need automatic line-splitting and scaling of headline text
- you want control over preset word combinations per row

## When to avoid
- your project does not use jQuery
- you need a modern framework-native typography solution
- you require actively maintained software with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: jquery-plugin, responsive-typography, headlines, fittext, slabtype-algorithm, jquery

## Member repositories
- freqdec/slabText (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.732570+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 2026-08-30T04:45:57.494509+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: http://freqdec.github.io/slabText/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:04:53.534849+00:00, sha dac1944905e6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.