{"id":2071,"date":"2009-01-26T05:45:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T12:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/css-tricks.com\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2016-08-15T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T19:27:34","slug":"set-font-size-based-on-word-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/set-font-size-based-on-word-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Font Size Based On Word Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my little <a href=\"http:\/\/quotesondesign.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Quotes on Design<\/a> project, some of the quotes are longer than others. I thought it might be kind of nifty to beef up the font-size on the shorter quotes and trim down the size for the longer quotes so they all match a bit better in terms of the size they take up on the screen.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/css-tricks.com\/wp-content\/csstricks-uploads\/bigandsmallquote.png?resize=570%2C171\" width=\"570\" height=\"171\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Rather than do this with a hard-coded number in each of the quotes, I did it with JavaScript. This allows for easier adjustments down the road and nicely keeps content and presentation separate. <\/p>\n<h3>The Plan<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Set an object of the paragraph you are targetting<\/li>\n<li>Split the paragraph into an array of words, breaking at every space<\/li>\n<li>Count the length of the array<\/li>\n<li>Set the font-size based on that count.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Doing it with MooTools<\/h3>\n<pre rel=\"JavaScript (MooTools)\"><code class=\"language-javascript\">window.addEvent('domready',function() {\r\n\t\r\n\t$quote = $$('.post p')[0];\r\n    \r\n        var $numWords = $quote.get('text').split(' ').length; \r\n    \r\n        if (($numWords &gt;= 1) &amp;&amp; ($numWords &lt; 10)) {\r\n                $quote.setStyle('font-size','36px');\r\n        }\r\n        else if (($numWords &gt;= 10) &amp;&amp; ($numWords &lt; 20)) {\r\n                $quote.setStyle('font-size','32px');\r\n        }\r\n        else if (($numWords &gt;= 20) &amp;&amp; ($numWords &lt; 30)) {\r\n                $quote.setStyle('font-size','28px');\r\n        }\r\n        else if (($numWords &gt;= 30) &amp;&amp; ($numWords &lt; 40)) {\r\n                $quote.setStyle('font-size','24px');\r\n            }\r\n        else {\r\n                $quote.setStyle('font-size','20px');\r\n        };\r\n});<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3>Doing it with jQuery<\/h3>\n<pre rel=\"JavaScript (jQuery)\"><code class=\"language-javascript\">$(function() {\r\n\r\n    var $quote = $(\".post p:first\");\r\n    \r\n    var $numWords = $quote.text().split(\" \").length;\r\n    \r\n    if (($numWords &gt;= 1) &amp;&amp; ($numWords &lt; 10)) {\r\n        $quote.css(\"font-size\", \"36px\");\r\n    }\r\n    else if (($numWords &gt;= 10) &amp;&amp; ($numWords &lt; 20)) {\r\n        $quote.css(\"font-size\", \"32px\");\r\n    }\r\n    else if (($numWords &gt;= 20) &amp;&amp; ($numWords &lt; 30)) {\r\n        $quote.css(\"font-size\", \"28px\");\r\n    }\r\n    else if (($numWords &gt;= 30) &amp;&amp; ($numWords &lt; 40)) {\r\n        $quote.css(\"font-size\", \"24px\");\r\n    }\r\n    else {\r\n        $quote.css(\"font-size\", \"20px\");\r\n    }    \r\n\t\r\n});<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3>Examples<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/quotesondesign.com\" rel=\"noopener\">Quotes on Design<\/a> is using the jQuery version. MooTools <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/examples\/MooFontResize\/\">example here<\/a> (note some slight changes in the code to accommodate two quotes on one page). This is the first time I&#8217;ve every played with MooTools really. I&#8217;m excited to learn more. I am obviously pretty jQuery-centric around here, but it&#8217;s definitely not the only kid on the block. Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mootools\" rel=\"noopener\">@mootools<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my little Quotes on Design project, some of the quotes are longer than others. 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