Zoomable Type is a jQuery plugin for reading small text on a display from far away. Text is upscaled to the largest size based on its width and the browser’s viewport.
I’m building a web application with many contact numbers.
Reading a contact number off a display and typing it into a handset can be difficult when the text is small and you lose your place.
Apple have already solved this problem in Mac OS X with the “Show in Large Type” functionality found in Address Book and Mail. Zoomable Type implements this as a jQuery plugin for the web.
Zoomable Type is hosted on GitHub and distributed under the MIT licence. Try some examples on the project home page.
Tate Johnson is a 23 year old Ruby on Rails developer and university student living in Brisbane, Australia. He enjoys riding bicycles, motorbikes, taking photos and travelling.