Baseline
Get a baseline grid overlay on your site in one painless, javascript-free step.
Here's an example demonstrating how to get a 24px baseline overlay on your site:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://basehold.it/24">
Easy, huh?
Further Examples:
Specify a 6 digit hex code:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://basehold.it/24/DEEFFF">
Specify separate RGB values:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://basehold.it/24/255/42/85">
Specify 50% alpha using RGBA:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://basehold.it/24/255/42/85/0.5">
Image Only Mode
You can use Baseline to grab the image on it's own, if you'd rather apply it as a background in your own stylesheet.
Simple example:
html {
background-image: url(http://basehold.it/i/24); /* 24px baseline */
background-image: url(http://basehold.it/i/24/ff0000); /* with Hex colour */
background-image: url(http://basehold.it/i/24/255/0/0); /* with RGB colour */
background-image: url(http://basehold.it/i/24/255/0/0/0.85); /* with RGBA colour */
}
Bookmarklet
Just add this as a bookmark:
javascript:(function(){var%20link=document.createElement("link");link.setAttribute("rel","stylesheet");link.setAttribute("href","http://basehold.it/"+parseInt(window.getComputedStyle(document.body).getPropertyValue("line-height"),10));document.head.appendChild(link);})()
This will add the default grid according to your body line-height (using getComputedStyle
).