SlabText – a jQuery plugin for creating big, bold & responsive headlines

I’ve been wanting to attempt a port of Erik Loyer’s slabtype algorithm for quite some time now and seeing Paravel’s fittext jQuery plugin, in combination with a gloriously hassle-free lunch hour gave me the impetus to attempt it. This is the result – resize the browser viewport to see the effect in action. So what does the script do again? Put simply, the script splits headlines into rows before resizing each row to fill the available horizontal space. The ideal number of characters to set on each row is calculated by dividing the available width by the pixel font-size – the script then uses this ideal character count to split the headline into word combinations that are displayed as separate rows of text. Calculated and preset word combinations While the script does an admirable job at automating the creation of the individual rows, there are certainly situations in which you would choose to control the word combinations used to split the headline. Headers containing links Plugin options

scrollorama Disclaimer: This is an experimental, just-for-fun sort of project and hasn’t been thoroughly tested. Design and build your site, dividing your content into blocks. Embed scrollorama.js after jQuery and initialize the plugin, passing the blocks class selector as a parameter. Target an element and animate its properties. The animation parameters you can use are: Hook into the onBlockChange event. scrollorama.onBlockChange(function() { alert('You just scrolled to block#'+scrollorama.blockIndex); }); Note: If you are not using the pinning feature, it is recommended you disable it.