# nathanford/type.js

Type.js – Typographic tools for better web type.

Repository: https://github.com/nathanford/type.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/typejs
Homepage: http://typejs.org
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2016-04-11T04:53:01+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": 4240, "days_push": 3796, "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 1117, forks 61 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:38.940061+00:00)

## What it is
Type.js is a JavaScript library that adds new typographic CSS properties like kerning-pairs, rag-adjust, widow-adjust, and min/max font-size to web pages. It parses on-page style tags and applies these custom properties via JavaScript, giving finer control over web typography.

## Use cases
- manually kern specific glyph pairs in css
- prevent widows in paragraphs
- control where lines break in a paragraph
- set minimum and maximum font-size with viewport units
- improve typography on a website without changing fonts

## When to choose
- you need fine typographic control like manual kerning or widow elimination in vanilla CSS
- your project uses on-page style tags and you want new CSS-like properties without a preprocessor

## When to avoid
- your styles live in external CSS files or inline styles, which are not supported
- you need an actively maintained solution - the project has had no releases since 2016
- you use a modern CSS preprocessor or PostCSS plugin that already handles these features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: css-framework, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: typography, css-polyfill, kerning, widows, rag-adjust, font-size, web-server

## Member repositories
- nathanford/type.js (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.940061+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 2026-08-30T06:41:54.228877+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nathanford/type.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.940061+00:00, sha 587b50dfe18f)
  - homepage: http://typejs.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:45:37.520192+00:00, sha 4eca12ee9a86)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.