Human CSS Numbers

Human CSS Numbers is a set of CSS micro-attributes for specifying numbers of lengths in human-friendly form.

Summary

human-css-numbers is a set of attributes for specifying numbers of lengths, designed for use in micro-class frameworks such as human-css-classes.

It exposes two CSS variables: --number and --length which you can use in your own CSS micro-attribute or micro-class rules.

It allows numbers to be specified using English words such as "two", or Arabic numerals such as "2", and percents as in "ten percent" or "half width", and fractions such as "1/2". and lengths as in "five rem".

Caveat

human-css-numbers uses CSS custom properties, also known as CSS variables, in its implementation. This excludes IE11 from consideration.

Units and measures

Many micro-class frameworks suffer from a proliferation of classes such as width-75. This limits the user to only the classes the designer provides. In contrast, we provide individual micro-attributes for numbers, lengths, and units, so we can write

<div 50% width>
<div two rem border>
<div three columns>

THe special keyword size indicates a ratio to a current size of 100%. For instance, the following might specify a flex-basis of one-third the screen width:

<div flex>
  <div basis one third size>

All standard CSS units are provided as micro-attributes. including lengths such as px, em, and rem. Common numbers and percentages may also be used as micro-attributes, in addition to built-in classes such as 1/2.

Installation

npm install --save-dev @rtm/human-css-numbers

Then, in some file that a CSS pre-processor will process:

@import "@rtm/human-css-numbers";