# devinhunt/typebase.css

A starting point for good typography on the web.

Repository: https://github.com/devinhunt/typebase.css
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/typebasecss
Homepage: http://devinhunt.github.io/typebase.css/
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-10-05T12:11:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4658, "days_push": 1793, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1806, forks 115 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.117327+00:00)

## What it is
typebase.css is a minimal, customizable CSS typography boilerplate for the web, available in plain CSS, Less, and Sass versions. It enforces consistent vertical rhythm and spacing across common text elements while deliberately adding no aesthetics, and is designed to be edited and merged into modern web projects alongside normalize.css.

## Use cases
- set up good typography for a new website
- enforce consistent vertical rhythm across headings and paragraphs
- add a typography baseline without pulling in a full CSS framework
- customize heading scale and spacing in Less or Sass
- pair a typography stylesheet with normalize.css

## When to choose
- you want typography scaffolding without built-in aesthetics
- you need a small, editable stylesheet rather than a full framework
- you use Less or Sass and want easy customization

## When to avoid
- you need a full design system with components and layout utilities
- you want an actively developed project with recent releases
- you need responsive typography features beyond basic vertical rhythm

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: css-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: typography, boilerplate, less, sass, vertical-rhythm, stylesheet, web-server

## Member repositories
- devinhunt/typebase.css (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.117327+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 2026-08-30T03:21:29.520434+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/devinhunt/typebase.css (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.117327+00:00, sha eadcd73e3805)
  - homepage: http://devinhunt.github.io/typebase.css/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:26.776685+00:00, sha fafe9b27be31)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.