Tool
Modular Scale
Ratio-based type/layout scale calculator
About
This calculator makes a set of numbers called a modular scale, which you use like a ruler. More →
Bases are a scale’s root numbers. For example, the size at which your body text typeface looks best. More →
Ratios are multiplied by the base to produce a scale of numbers that is proportionally related. If you know what size you want a heading to be, type the target value @ position on the scale like 36@5 More →
Get your scale as a plugin, or reference calculated results right here on the web. More →
Features
- Introduced at Build 2010 (video, Tim Brown)
- Read More Meaningful Typography (Tim Brown)
- Next, calculate a scale here at modularscale.com
- "+Math.round(a/$[thread].b[0]*msPrecision)/msPrecision+"em
- "+Math.round(a/16*msPrecision)/msPrecision+' em @ 16
- '+Math.round(a*msPrecision)/msPrecision+$[thread].u+"
- Pricing
- Free
- Pricing detail
- Free modular type scale calculator
- Platforms
- Web
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