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/* CSS that adds the bare minimum for a simple layout.
* Nothing here exists purely for aesthetics except the unstyled-list;
* everything else addresses a specific a11y, compatibility, or critical
* usability need.
* I also don't use any classes besides "unstyled-list" and "pix". My
* HTML contains microformats2 classnames for IndieWeb parsers, but I
* don't actually use those for styling. */
html {
/* Mobile screens benefit from greater line-spacing so links are
* further apart. Dyslexic users prefer the spacing too.
* <100dpi screens: sans-serif is better. Why did browsers settle
* on serif being the default?? */
font: 100%/1.5 sans-serif;
}
/* This should not take effect on printouts, to save paper. */
@media screen {
body {
/* Default font sizes are one-size-fits-all; they're optimized for a
* wide variety of complex pages. For single-column websites like
* mine, it's ideal to bump it up ever so slightly. This also makes
* <sup>, <sub>, <small>, etc. large enough to have decent contrast with
* minimal adjustment.
* Only do this on screen, since printouts already improve legibility
* and cost paper + ink. */
font-size: 105%;
/* Aligning to the center with space on both sides prevents accidental
* link activation on tablets. */
margin: auto;
/* WCAG recommends a max line width. Not everyone can resize the
* viewport.
* 45em is the lowest reasonable width for titles, nav, footers, etc */
max-width: 45em;
padding: 0 3%;
}
/* 45em is too wide for long body text. */
div[itemprop="articleBody"] {
margin: auto;
max-width: 38em;
}
}
/* Small text is easier to read when slightly bolder.
* This is important in the dark theme where I set my own colors and
* try to maintain good perceptual contrast even for small text, but
* I don't want toggling the theme to impact anything besides color so
* I set the weight here. */
sup {
font-weight: 600;
}
/* narrow screens: reduce margin for blockquotes a lot, using
* a thick left-side border instead. */
blockquote {
border-left: 4px solid;
margin: 0;
padding-left: .8em;
}
/* narrow screens: reduce list indentation
* touch screens: lists of links should be
* easy to tap so give them some spacing. */
dd,
ol,
ul {
padding-left: 1.5em;
}
dd {
margin: 0;
}
ol ol,
ul ul {
hyphens: auto;
padding-left: 1em;
}
/* Narrow screens: allow hyphenating titles
* I can't add soft hyphens to these. */
h1 {
hyphens: auto;
}
/* Very narrow screens: full hyphenation */
@media (max-width: 11.6em) {
article,
h2,
h3 {
hyphens: auto
}
}
/* Compensate for misalignment caused by a padding increase. */
header nav {
margin-left: -.375em;
}
footer nav {
margin: -.375em;
}
nav li {
line-height: 2;
}
/* Increase nav link tap target size a bit */
nav li a,
nav li a {
padding: .125em;
}
/* Save some space and paper by making the nav single-line, but bump
* up the line-height to increase space between tap-targets (a11y) */
header nav li,
footer nav li {
margin: .25em;
display: inline;
}
/* Lists without bullets: navlinks, posts lists, webmentions.
* Those three are lists whose items are already easily distinguishable,
* rendering bullet points as unnecessary extra visual noise. Pretty
* much the only purely-aesthetic change in this CSS file. */
.unstyled-list {
padding: 0;
}
.unstyled-list li {
list-style-type: none;
}
/* <kbd> should be distinguished from <code> and surrounding text
* in a way beyond font-face; at least two visual distinctions needed */
kbd {
font-weight: bold;
}
/* narrow screens: remove unused figure margins
* figure captions shouldn't look like regular paragraphs; there should
* be some extra space. */
figure {
margin: 1.5em 0;
}
/* figcaptions should be distinct from surrounding paragraphs tho */
figure:not([itemtype]) figcaption {
margin: 0 10%;
}
/* browsers make monospace small and unreadable for some dumb legacy
* reason and this somehow fixes that without overriding the user's
* font size preferences. */
code,
kbd,
samp {
font-family: monospace, monospace;
}
/* Narrow screens: long words can cause content to flow out of the
* viewport, triggering horizontal scrolling. Allow breaking words in
* content I don't control (comments, names). For content I do control,
* I just add soft hyphens to the HTML. */
li[itemprop="comment"],
:not(pre) > code,
:not(pre) > samp,
span[itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"] {
overflow-wrap: break-word;
/* borders shouldn't touch text */
padding: 0 0.1em;
}
/* Narrow screens: allow horizontal scroll in a pre block. */
pre {
overflow: auto;
padding: .5em;
}
/* Distinguish images from the background in case their color is
* too similar to the page background color. Also put a border around
* <pre> and <code> to distinguish them in ways besides font-family. The
* use of borders in place of background colors for distinguishing
* elements is an officially documented WCAG technique. */
img,
pre,
:not(pre) > code,
:not(pre) > samp {
border: 1px solid;
}
/* A black border is too harsh. */
:not(pre) > code,
:not(pre) > samp {
border-color: #999;
}
/* Some images look blurry when scaled */
.pix {
image-rendering: pixelated;
}
/* center images that aren't my indieweb icon; same justification as
* for centering the body contents. Also makes images easier to see
* for people holding a device with one hand. */
img:not(.u-photo) {
display: block;
height: auto;
margin: auto;
max-width: 100%;
}
/* WCAG Technique C25: use borders to separate sections.
* Also use "content-visibility: auto" to improve performance by
* reducing the number of DOM nodes rendered at once. */
footer,
div[role="doc-endnotes"] {
border-top: 1px solid;
content-visibility: auto;
}
/* Some browser focus indicators are inaccessible; override them with
* something more visible. See WCAG 2.x SC 2.4.12. I also tried to
* match browser behavior; mainstream browsers use :focus-visible
* instead of focus but older/simpler browsers only support :focus.
* I borrowed these directives from
* https://www.tempertemper.net/blog/refining-focus-styles-with-focus-visible
* */
/* For browsers that don't support :focus-visible */
a:focus,
summary:focus,
pre[tabindex]:focus {
outline: 3px solid;
}
/* Remove :focus styling for browsers that do support :focus-visible */
@supports selector(:focus-visible) {
a:focus:not(:focus-visible),
summary:focus:not(:focus-visible),
pre[tabindex]:focus:not(:focus-visible) {
outline: none;
}
}
/* Add focus styling back in browsers that do support :focus-visible */
:focus-visible {
outline: 3px solid;
}
/* Todo:
* - Some browsers don't scale SVGs properly; the img container
* dimensions crop the image rather than scale it. Investigate
* if this only applies to Internet Explorer or if it applies to
* other uncommon browsers too. If any non-IE browsers do this and/or
* if the spec allows this behavior, try to correct it here.
* - Wait till Webkit fixes its broken-ass default dark stylesheet
* then consider trimming the dark stylesheet I provide.
* */