I'm looking for a good CSS file that will reset all the styles on a page to something with high readability. I know Eric Meyers' reset.css, but that basically removes all style. I would like something that applies good styles to all elements that uses better typographic principles than the browsers' built in styles.<p>Using this as a base, I could then add styles to my own custom classes. But I could be sure that the basic styles are decent.<p>Does something like this exist? Where should I look?<p>Thanks
This will inform you, rather than provide a reset or framework: <a href="http://webtypography.net/" rel="nofollow">http://webtypography.net/</a> (and of course, reading The Elements of Typographic Style is worthwhile <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Typographic_Style" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Typographic_Sty...</a>)<p>This series of blog posts by Mark Boulton are a good read: <a href="http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-better-typography" rel="nofollow">http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-st...</a>
If you like that, maybe you should get his book: <a href="http://fivesimplesteps.com/books/practical-guide-designing-for-the-web" rel="nofollow">http://fivesimplesteps.com/books/practical-guide-designing-f...</a><p>I haven't used Baseline, but it looks like fairly good framework that has type in mind: <a href="http://baselinecss.com/" rel="nofollow">http://baselinecss.com/</a>
SensCSs:
"It supplies sensible styling for all repetitive parts of your CSS, and doesn't force a lay-out system on you."<p><a href="http://sencss.kilianvalkhof.com/" rel="nofollow">http://sencss.kilianvalkhof.com/</a>
I asked this same question a few months ago and got all of the same answers.<p>It's frustrating. When everything else we work with has modules and plugins, you would think CSS would be no exception.<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1341274" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1341274</a><p>I would love to take part in a project like this if I had a few partners.
Have a look at the Susy plugin <a href="http://susy.oddbird.net/" rel="nofollow">http://susy.oddbird.net/</a> for Compass <a href="http://compass-style.org/docs/" rel="nofollow">http://compass-style.org/docs/</a>. It is geared towards typography and has a decent reset and typography defaults.
I've never been able to find something similar. I tend to start off with a good font stack and then calculate vertical rhythm. I also tend to start with a larger base font and work toward a style with narrower line lengths.