GitHub guidelines - headline type scale

GitHub guidelines - headline type scale, minimal, swiss, light

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Headlines spec page showing the H0 through H6 scale of Mona Sans with the same sample sentence at each size, plus a small bar chart of the steps.

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Summary

The headline scale spec: the same sentence "Build and ship software ..." set from Display/H0 down to H6, each labeled with its Mona Sans point size and leading, with a small bar chart visualizing the steps.

Visual description

A left column ("Headlines") explains headlines use Mona Sans Regular or Medium and that extra-large placements should feel graphic. Below it a small green bar chart steps down from H0 (160px) to H6 (19px) with "Aa" labels, and a note that the scale differs subtly at small sizes but dramatically at large. The right two-thirds is a stacked ladder: DISPLAY, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, each rendering the same sentence at decreasing size with a monospace spec label and thin rule between. Off-white background, standard header and green rule above.

Key takeaway

Repeating one identical sentence at every level of the scale so the size relationships are directly comparable, reinforced by a miniature bar chart that makes the step ratios visible.

Reuse notes

A clear, copyable headline-scale layout. The constant-sentence ladder plus the step chart is the most legible way to show where the jumps in a type scale actually fall.

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